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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... received two days before from Mr. Seward , asking to be released from his promise to accept the portfolio of State . He could wait no longer . “ I cant afford , " he said to Mr. Nicolay , his secretary , " to let Seward take the first ...
... received . It is the subject of the most painful solicitude with me , and I feel constrained to beg that you will countermand the withdrawal . The pub- lic interest , I think , demands that you should ; and my per- sonal feelings are ...
... received Anderson's letter . What was to be done ? The garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole United States army numbered hut 16,000 . But if Mr. Lincoln ...
... received , too , at least one severe lesson , which ought to have shown him that it was Mr. Lincoln , not he , who was cast- ing the decisive vote in the cabinet . This was in reference to Sumter . During the period when the President ...
... received from Spain and France . Would convene Congress and declare war against them . But whatever policy we adopt , there must be an energetic prosecution of it . For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |