Significance - Part 2

With these qualifications in mind, let's look at the mentions of Mr. Lincoln made in American newspapers during the month immediately following his speech at the Cooper Institute. According to the database of digitized newspaper maintained online at the Library of Congress, during the period from February 28, 1860 through March 29, 1860, the phrase "Abraham Lincoln" appeared on 30 of 3001 pages published by 96 newspapers. (The numbers omit 95 pages published by two newspapers in Hawaii and on...