AbrahamLincolnArchive.com details Lincoln's inauguration in Washington 145 years ago

NewspaperARCHIVE.com releases rare articles about Lincoln's election, March 4, 1861 inauguration and presidency in a free newspaper archive

(PRWEB) March 4, 2006 -- On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln gallantly delivered his inaugural address while seven southern states were seceding from the union and amid numerous threats on his life. An article found on AbrahamLincolnArchive.com from the Weekly Mountain Democrat on April 13, 1861, gives us a glimpse into the mind of the president during such a volatile time, stating, "Mr. Lincoln was asked whether he felt at all scared while delivering his inaugural address, the threats of assassination having been so numerous. He replied, 'that he had no such sensation and that he had often experienced a much greater fear in addressing a dozen Western men on the subject of temperance.'"

While we know today much about the fate and history of the 16th president of the United States, many of the details on the life of Lincoln have been lost over time. AbrahamLincolnArchive.com, a free newspaper archive provided by NewspaperARCHIVE.com, contains more than 25,000 articles about Lincoln's life, election, inauguration, presidency and assassination. The archive helps students, historians, educators and researchers of all kinds regain those lost details of history. The newspaper archive is searchable by key words or dates with the use of Adobe Reader and Optical Character Recognition technology. For example, to access articles about Abraham Lincoln's presidential campaign in 1860, just limit your search from the month Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president (May of 1860) to the month he was elected president (November of 1860). If researchers or students are interested in a particular topic about Lincoln, such as the Emancipation Proclamation, articles can be found by just entering keywords "Emancipation Proclamation."

"The newspaper archive details the life of Lincoln as it happened, not necessarily how it is remembered today," Jeff Kiley, Director of Sales and Marketing for NewspaperARCHIVE.com said. "There are so many interesting articles in this archive that really give you a glimpse of what life was like during Lincoln's election, his presidency during the Civil War and then also the reaction to his assassination."

Researchers may also be able to find specific articles in the Abraham Lincoln Archive from their state or county with reaction to 1860 election. For example, an article from The North Carolina Standard in Raleigh, North Carolina, on October 31, 1860, reads, "On Tuesday next the American people will be called upon to discharge an important duty in the midst of the greatest crisis which has ever existed in their history. We do not overstate the fact when we say that the existence of the Constitution and the Union is directly at stake, for if Lincoln shall be elected the spirit of the Constitution will have been violated by the triumph of a geographical party, while the action of certain Southern States will be directed towards a dissolution of the Union itself."

While an article from a northern newspaper, the Daily Gazette, in Janesville, Wisconsin, wrote on November 10, 1860, "We learn that on its being fully ascertained that he was elected, Mr. Lincoln's fellow citizens, without distinction to party, called on and warmly congratulated him, the Douglas men being apparently as glad of his success as the republicans. He bore himself under the circumstances with his usual modesty and good nature, shaking hands with everybody, rich and poor, young and old, male and female, and had a good word for each."

AbrahamLincolnArchive.com is just one of three free sites provided by NewspaperArchive.com. The other sites, MartinLutherKingJrArchive.com and WinterGamesArchive.com provide free access to thousands of original articles. Researchers interested in finding more information about Abraham Lincoln or any other topic can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are more than 155,000 newspaper pages about the 16th president. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, is owned by Heritage Microfilm and began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999.

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