His Life and Times.

BEING THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

TOGETHER WITH

HIS STATE PAPERS,

INCLUDING

HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, LETTERS,

AND PROCLAMATIONS,

AND

THE CLOSING SCENES CONNECTED WITH HIS LIFE AND DEATH.

BY

HENRY J. RAYMOND.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

ANEHDOTES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN,

BY FRANK B, CAP.PENTER.

VOLUME I.

CHICAGO:
THOMPSON & THOMAS,

PUBLISHERS,