1840-1890

INCLUDING SOME NOT HITHERTO PUBLISHED OF

LINCOLN AND THE WAR

BY

L. E. CHITTENDEN

AUTHOR OF "RECOLLECTIONS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION."

NEW YORK
RICHMOND, CROSCUP & CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY

RICHMOND, CROSCUP & CO.

[All Rights Reserved.]

To

EDWARD J. PHELPS,

LAWYER, STATESMAN, AND FELLOW-VERMONTER,

AS A

MEMORIAL OF A FRIENDSHIP

WHICH BEGAN WHEN WE CAME TO THE BAR,

WHICH HAS SURVIVED A BUSINESS COPARTNERSHIP

AND MANY "TRIALS,"

WHICH GROWS CLOSER WITH THE PASSING YEARS, AND

PROMISES TO BE INHERITED BY OUR CHILDREN,

1 Dedicate this volume.

THE AUTHOR.