The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 páginas The work here offered the public was begun in 1894 at the suggestion of Mr. S. S. McClure and Mr. J. S. Phillips, editors of "McClure's Magazine." Their desire was to add to our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln by collecting and preserving the reminiscences of such of his contemporaries as were then living. In undertaking the work it was determined to spare neither labor nor money and in this determination Mr. McClure and his associates have never wavered. Without the sympathy, confidence, suggestion, and criticism, which they have given the work it would have been impossible. They established in their editorial rooms what might be called a Lincoln Bureau and from there an organized search was made for reminiscences, pictures, and documents. To facilitate the work, all persons possessing or knowing of Lincoln material were asked through the magazine to communicate with the editor. The response was immediate and amazing. Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country replied. In every case the clues thus obtained were investigated and if the matter was found to be new and useful was secured. The author wrote thousands of letters and traveled thousands of miles in collecting the material, which came to the editor simply as a result of this request in the magazine. The work thus became one in which the whole country cooperated. No attempt has been made to cover the history of Lincoln's times save as necessary in tracing the development of his mind and in illustrating his moral qualities. It is Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words that the author has tried to picture. |
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... Secretary of War 151 Lincoln and Soldier facing 152 Lincoln and Tad facing 156 Lincoln in 1863 facing 158 Lincoln in 1863 or '64 . facing 172 Lincoln and Tad in 1864 facing 196 Legend by Wilkes Booth 198 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIFE ...
... secretary , " to let Seward take the first trick . " And he despatched the following letter : My dear Sir : Your note of the 2d instant ( 1 ) CHAPTER PAGE The First Inauguration of Lincoln-The Relief of Fort Sumter-Seward's Ambition to ...
... Secretary of State - his cheerful assumption that he , not Mr. Lincoln , was the final authority of the ad- ministration . Mr. Seward had been for years the leader of the Republi- can party . His defeat in the Chicago Convention of 1860 ...
... Secretary of State with the same confidence in his call to be the real , if not the apparent , head of affairs . When the question of relieving Sumter came up , he believed that it was he who was managing the matter . " I wish I could ...
... Secretary of State . He had discovered also that Mr. Lincoln attended to his business . " This President proposes to do all his work , " he wrote to Mrs. Seward on March 16. He had received , too , at least one severe lesson , which ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
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The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |