Fac-simile of Letter from David Davis Photograph of Leonard Swett and Autograph A lawyer's Advertisement of Central Illinois, A.D. 1855 The United States Capitol (Front) President's Room in Capitol Three (domestic) Graces . Mary Todd Lincoln The Executive Mansion (Front) Blue Room, President's Mansion . Private Dining Room, President's Mansion Horse and Warrior The Executive Mansion (Rear) Cabinet Room at President's Mansion Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln, June 7, 1855 East Room, President's Mansion Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln (2 pages) Dec. 18, 1857 Frontispiece 6 13 20 23 24 38 48 50 54 56 64 66 71 72 78 89 90 92 96 100 102 103 110 130 140 146 161 162 164 166 Lincoln's Home at New Salem and Well where Lincoln first saw An Autographic "Declaration" of seven pages Photograph of James W. Somers, and Two Autograph Letters from 171 199 200 206-207 250 252 Abraham Lincoln The Tomb of Abraham Lincoln 266 268 Fac-simile Copy of Emancipation Proclamation, preliminary Green Room, President's Mansion . Autograph Note of Abraham Lincoln to McClellan, Sept. 30, 1861 A Female Figure behind the Bars. Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln, July 9, 1856 . Fac-simile Copy of Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863 Old State House, Springfield Sangamon River below New Salem Fac-simile of Map of Road Survey by Abraham Lincoln Fac-simile of Certificate to accompany same, by same 395 New State House, Springfield 404 Red Room, President's Mansion 416 The "Grant" Family, thirty-five Days before the Hero's Death Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 30, 1858 458 Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln, Dec. 25, 1858 460 Autograph Letter of Abraham Lincoln, Aug. 22, 1858 Site of the Home of Abraham Lincoln, at New Salem Photograph of Statue of Lincoln, at Rochester, N.Y. While traveling eastward, some years since, I was honored with the company of Senator Fowler of Tennessee, and Hon. John Eaton, then Commissioner of Education, and now President of Marietta College; and, the subject of Mr. Lincoln coming under review, we disdained our comfortable berths, and "The glow-worm showed the matin to be near," before we took note that I had spent the entire night in rehearsing, to these distinguished gentlemen, various incidents which suggested themselves to my mind, pertaining to this greatest of men, within my own personal experience; and this attention on their part was, of course, an homage to his memory, and not in any wise to me, and is indicative of the esteem in which his memory is held by men of breadth, culture and high attainments. I have had other similar, though somewhat less radical, experiences; and, upon the advice of friends, the following sketches, written chiefly several years since, and now modified and amplified, are offered to the public with much trepidation, many misgivings, and no well defined ideas as to their reception. I have, however, classified my subjects, as will appear, in order that those who so desire can omit what might be devoid of interest, having myself experienced, in the consideration of the various "Lives of Lincoln" I have seen, the difficulty of selection and avoidance which occurred in an unclassified consideration of the subject. Mr. Lincoln was an unique character, and had an unique experience: so that all who knew him otherwise than, and different 1 |