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Scope and Contents note From the Series: The earliest pamphlets are from 1854: a lecture by Robert C. Winthrop, “Algernon Sidney: a lecture, delivered before the Boston mercantile library association, December 21, 1853” and an essay on the Nebraska question by abolitionist Theodore Parker. A few pamphlets from 1860-1865 document Abraham Lincoln’s political career and the politics of the time, including 1860 and 1864 election material, the extension of slavery in the territories, and pro- and anti-slavery views. There is also a...