Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man (1908) (14768352984)

Identifier: abrahamlincol2043morg (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Morgan, James, 1861-1955
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



Text Appearing Before Image:
Copyright, 1804, by H. W. FayFrom the collection of H. W. Fay, Esq , De Kalb, 111. Lincoln when President-elect Made before he left Springfield
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From the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, Esq., New York City The National Capitol in 1861 PRESIDENT-ELECT Again, a broadcloth mob rose up in Boston to dis-perse an Abolition meeting, and one hundredpolicemen were required for the safe conduct ofWendell Phillips through the streets of that city.Many Republicans lamented the election of Lincolnas the cause of all the distress which had befallenthe land. Meanwhile the President-elect went his silentway. He continued to occupy the room in theState House which he had adopted as his officeat the time of his nomination. Its door was un-guarded and all could freely enter. Office seekersswarmed about him and friends surrounded him,yet he dwelt apart. When he left the telegraph office in which hereceived the returns on election night, the frame-work of his cabinet was complete in his mind.With characteristic self-reliance, he acted wholly onhis own judgment. He did not mention the subjecteven to Herndon. He never confided to me anyof his pu