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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... grammar . Lieber replied : " You complain of the bad grammar of President Lin- coln's message . We have to look at other things , just now , than grammar . For aught I know , the last THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN 13.
... thing brought to his attention on the morning of his first full day in office ( March 5 ) was a letter from Major Robert Anderson , the officer in command of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor , saying that he had but a week's provisions ...
... thing done , and not to let it fail unless he can show that I have refused him something he asked for . By April 6 , news reached Mr. Lincoln from Fort Pick- ens . The commander of the vessel on which the troops were quartered , acting ...
... thing arbitrarily when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me . I very much wish to appoint Colonel Meigs Quartermas- ter - General , and yet General Cameron does not quite consent . I have come to know Colonel Meigs quite ...
... thing as a postmaster in your pocket , have you ? ' stared at him in astonishment , and I thought a little in alarm , as if he suspected a sudden attack of insanity ; then Mr. Lin- coln went on : You see it seems to me kind of unnatural ...
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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 |