Abraham Lincoln: A History

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Cosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 522 páginas
Considered one of the best treatments of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln of its time, this portrait of the man and his administration of the United States at the moment of its greatest upheaval is both intimate and scholarly. Written by two private secretaries to the president and first published in 1890, this astonishingly in-depth work is still praised today for its clear, easy-to-read style and vitality.This new replica edition features all the original illustrations.Volume Three covers: South Carolina's secession Fort Sumter Anderson's truce the military situation at Charleston the cotton "republics" Lincoln's "secret night journey" the inauguration Lincoln's cabinet and much more.American journalist and statesman JOHN MILTON HAY (1838-1905) was only 22 when he became a private secretary to Lincoln. A former member of the Providence literary circle when he attended Brown University in the late 1850s, he may have been the real author of Lincoln's famous "Letter to Mrs. Bixby." After Lincoln's death, Hay later served as editor of the *New York Tribune* and as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom under President William McKinley.American author JOHN GEORGE NICOLAY (1832-1901) was born in Germany and emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Before serving as Lincoln's private secretary, he worked as a newspaper editor and later as assistant to the secretary of state of Illinois. He also wrote *Campaigns of the Civil War* (1881).
 

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VOL
1
PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS
17
THE SURRENDER PROGRAMME
35
FORT SUMTER
47
A BLUNDERING COMMISSION
62
THE CABINET RÉGIME
73
THE STAR OF THE WEST
87
ANDERSONS TRUCE
102
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
234
THE PRESIDENTELECT
245
STEPHENSS SPEECH
266
Speechmaking at Milledgeville Toombss Speech
273
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
276
SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON
289
LINCOLNS SECRET NIGHT JOURNEY
302
CHAPTER XXI
317

THE MILITARY SITUATION
114
The Governors Revolutionary Zeal A Campaign
126
THE SUMTER AND PICKENS TRUCE
153
THE COTTON REPUBLICS
175
THE MONTGOMERY CONFEDERACY
195
FAILURE OF COMPROMISE
214
LINCOLNS CABINET
345
THE QUESTION OF SUMTER
375
THE REBEL GAME
396
VIRGINIA
415
PREMIER OR PRESIDENT
429
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John Milton Hay was born in Salem, Indiana on October 8, 1838. He graduated from Brown University in 1858, studied law with an attorney in Springfield, Illinois, and became licensed to practice law in 1861. While living in Springfield, he became good friends with Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, Hay became his personal secretary. Shortly before Lincoln's assassination, the president appointed Hay to the United States embassy in France. Hay spent the next several years performing various diplomatic assignments in France, Austria, and Spain. He resigned from government service in 1870. During the early 1870s, Hay became an editor for the New York Tribune. He also published a volume of poetry and a personal recollection of his time in Spain. In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed Hay assistant secretary of state. He resigned this position in 1881. He spent the next fifteen years writing numerous books including a ten-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln co-written with John Nicolay. In 1897, President William McKinley appointed Hay to be the United States ambassador to Great Britain. The following year, Hay became the Secretary of State. During his term in office, Hay took the lead in negotiating an end to the Spanish-American War, implemented the "Open Door Policy," which called for free trade for Western powers with China, and negotiated the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, which granted the United States control of the Panama Canal Zone and the authority to construct the Panama Canal. He died on July 1, 1905.

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