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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... the first trick . " And he despatched the following letter : My dear Sir : Your note of the 2d instant ( 1 ) CHAPTER PAGE The First Inauguration of Lincoln-The Relief of Fort Sumter-Seward's Ambition to Control the Admin- istration.
... 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 could not relieve ...
... letter over to the White House , advising Mr. Lincoln to abandon both Sumter and Pickens . Coming from such a source , the letter was a heavy blow to the President . One of the men he most trusted had failed to recognize that the policy ...
... letter . He then asked them to meet him the next day . That night the President did not close his eyes in sleep . The moment had come , as it must come , at one time or another , to every President of the United States , when his vote ...
... letter he wrote to General Scott , in June , in which he said : Doubtless you begin to understand how disagreeable it is for me to do a thing arbitrarily when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me . I very much wish to ...
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 |