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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... Seward's Ambition to Control the Admin1 istration XXIII.The Beginning of Civil War 33 XXIV. The Failure of Fremont-Lincoln's First Difficulties with McClellan-The Death of Willie Lincoln 61 XXV. Lincoln and Emancipation 93 XXVI ...
... SEWARD'S AMBITION TO CONTROL THE ADMINISTRATION DAYBREAK of March 4, 1861 found the city of Washington astir. The ... Seward, asking to be released from his promise to accept the portfolio of State. He could wait no longer. “ I can't ...
... 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.
... Seward disapproved of the entire selection and prepared a non-committal substitute. Mr. Lincoln, however, retained his own sentences. The foregoing quotations are a fairly complete expression of what may be called Mr. Lincoln's policy ...
... Seward objected, and submitted two suggestions for a closing; one of his paragraphs read as follows : I close. We are not, we must not be, aliens or enemies, but fellow-countrymen and brethren. Although passion has strained our bonds of ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | 211 |
The End of the War 26 | 20 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 40 |
Appendix 59 | 61 |