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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... first act had been to give to Mr. Seward a copy of the paper he had prepared , and to ask for his criticisms . Of the paragraphs quoted above , Mr. Seward wrote : I declare to you my conviction that the second and 6 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... give such advantages to the Disunionists that Virginia and Maryland will secede , and we shall , within ninety , per- haps within sixty , days , be obliged to fight the South for this Capital , with a divided North for our reliance . Mr ...
... give you a seat . ' Well , I got in , and the judge went on reading his papers . Presently the wagon struck a stump on one side of the road ; then it hopped off to the other . I looked out , and I saw the driver was jerking from side to ...
... give him their views , only two , Seward and Smith , opposed the relief of Fort Sumter . That day Lincoln gave his order that the expedition be prepared and ready to sail on April 6. Two days later , he ordered that an expedition for ...
... gives the following account of what occurred at the inter- view . It is one of the very few descriptions of Mr. Lincoln in a Cabinet meeting which we have : I was taken into the Cabinet room , and introduced by the Postmaster - General ...
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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 |