The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 pages 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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... city of Washing- ton astir . The Senate , which had met at seven o'clock the night before , was still in session ; scores of persons who had come to see the inauguration of the first Republican Presi- dent , and who had been unable to ...
... city and town of the country reached by the telegraph , men were asking the same question . The an- swers showed that the address was not the equivocal docu- ment Mr. Seward had tried to make it . " It is marked , " said the New York ...
... cities and States . My hope , rather my confidence , is unabated . " And again , on January 18th ; " It seems to me if I am absent only eight days , this admin- istration , the Congress , and the District would fall into con- sternation ...
... city and town of the North volunteer regiments were forming and that Union mass meetings were in session in halls and churches and public squares . " What portion of the 75,000 militia you call for do you give to Ohio ? We will furnish ...
... city . Now there were not over 2,500 armed men in Washington . Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be razed to the ground before ...
Contents
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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 |