The Abraham Lincoln Companion: A Companion, a Celebration of His Live And Times (Health Reference Series)

Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 16
Part 1 Early Life and Career......Page 22
Abraham Lincoln’s Autobiographies......Page 24
Osborn H. Oldroyd’s Summary of Lincoln’s Life......Page 26
Stepmother Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln on His Childhood......Page 31
Stepsister Matilda Johnston Moore on Her Older Stepbrother......Page 34
Cousin Dennis Hanks on Lincoln’s Early Life......Page 36
John Hanks Reminisces about His Younger Cousin......Page 44
Clarissa Tuft Vannattin Tells How Lincoln Helped Her Sister......Page 47
Horace Greeley on Lincoln’s Education......Page 48
James C. Ambrose on “Choosing ‘Abe’ Captain”......Page 50
Best Friend Joshua Speed on Lincoln’s Early Career......Page 53
Fellow Lawyer and Friend Leonard Swett Recounts Two Versions of Meeting Lincoln......Page 57
Hamilton Wright Mabie on Lincoln as a Man of Letters......Page 59
“Oh, Why Should the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?” by William Knox......Page 66
“My Child-hood Home I See Again” by Abraham Lincoln......Page 69
Correspondence between Joshua Speed and Lincoln about Their Marriages......Page 71
Ida M. Tarbell on Lincoln’s Rise in National Stature......Page 74
Correspondence between Grace Bedell and Lincoln about His Beard......Page 80
Lincoln’s Farewell to the Citizens of Springfield......Page 84
Part 2 The 16th President: Great Emancipator and Commander-in-Chief......Page 86
James Russell Lowell on Lincoln as President......Page 88
Nathaniel Hawthorne on Meeting Lincoln......Page 94
“We are coming Father Abraham, or, Three hundred thousand more: inscribed to our volunteers” by James Sloan Gibbons......Page 99
James Shrigley Recalls Lincoln Appointing Him Hospital Chaplain......Page 101
Thomas T. Eckert Remembers Lincoln at the War Department......Page 103
The Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society Congratulates Lincoln on Emancipation......Page 106
Frederick Douglass Recalls Emancipation Day......Page 108
Correspondence between President Lincoln and the Chicago Sanitary Commission......Page 118
Francis B. Carpenter on Painting The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation......Page 122
James Abram Garfield on the Emancipation Proclamation......Page 129
“The Emancipation Group” by John Greenleaf Whittier......Page 136
E. W. Andrews Accompanies Lincoln to Gettysburg......Page 137
Jacob Hoke on Lincoln at Gettysburg......Page 141
Excerpt from “The Gettysburg Ode” by Bayard Taylor......Page 143
James Speed Recalls Lincoln Discharging a Mother’s Sons......Page 145
Harriet Beecher Stowe Shares Her Impressions of Lincoln......Page 147
Joshua Speed Remembers One of His Last Visitswith Lincoln......Page 152
Elizabeth Keckley Remembers Lincoln’s Second Inaugural......Page 154
William H. Crook on Lincoln’s Trip to Richmond Near the War’s End......Page 157
A News Account of Lincoln’s Visit to Richmond......Page 160
Charles Carleton Coffin Describes the President’s Entry into Richmond......Page 161
A Report on the “Ax Incident”......Page 165
Part 3 The Man Behind the Legend......Page 168
Elizabeth Keckley Describes Some Domestic Scenes......Page 170
Noah Brooks and William H. Crook on Lincolnand Tad......Page 173
Francis B. Carpenter Describes Lincoln’s Love of Shakespeare......Page 175
Leonard Wells Volk on Sculpting Lincoln......Page 178
“On the Life-Mask of Abraham Lincoln” by Richard Watson Gilder......Page 181
David R. Locke Recounts Conversations with Lincoln......Page 182
Henry Villard Describes Lincoln’s Storytelling......Page 189
Albert B. Chandler on Lincoln’s Hair and Newsboys......Page 191
Henry Clay Whitney Relates a Lincoln Quip about Weighty Men......Page 192
Alexander K. McClure Shares Popular Anecdotes about Lincoln......Page 194
Part 4 The Death of Lincoln......Page 200
William H. Crook Remembers Lincoln’s Last Day......Page 202
Walt Whitman Describes the Scene of the Assassination......Page 207
Edwin M. Stanton Gives a First-Hand Account of Lincoln’s Assassination......Page 213
Maunsell B. Field Describes the Night of Lincoln’s Death......Page 214
Elizabeth Keckley on Hearing of His Death......Page 218
“The Sorrow of the People” from the Chicago Tribune......Page 223
Americans Recall Where They Were: Caroline Richards, Lucretia Mott, and Jane Addams......Page 224
“The Death of Lincoln” by William Cullen Bryant......Page 230
Eulogy by Ralph Waldo Emerson, April 19, 1865......Page 231
Eulogy by Henry Ward Beecher, April 23, 1865......Page 236
Eulogy by Phillips Brooks, April 23, 1865......Page 241
Eulogy by Seth Sweetser, April 23, 1865......Page 246
Eulogy by Charles Sumner, June 1, 1865......Page 257
From “Ode Recited at the Harvard Commemoration” by James Russell Lowell......Page 258
Poems by Walt Whitman......Page 260
Part 5 Tributes and Legacy......Page 272
Remembrance by Mary Todd Lincoln......Page 274
William H. Herndon Gives His Impressions of Lincoln’s Character......Page 276
Horace Greeley on Lincoln’s Leadership......Page 283
Tribute by Shelby M. Cullom......Page 285
Tribute by Schuyler Colfax......Page 291
Tribute by Frederick Douglass......Page 292
Tribute by Ulysses S. Grant......Page 297
William Tecumseh Sherman Recalls His Last Meeting with Lincoln......Page 298
Tribute by Walt Whitman......Page 299
Robert G. Ingersoll on Lincoln’s Legacy......Page 301
Tribute by Lyman Abbott......Page 306
“Abraham Lincoln” by Rose Terry Cooke......Page 307
“Lincoln, the Man of the People” by Edwin Markham......Page 308
“Lift Every Voice and Sing” by James Weldon Johnson......Page 311
“Lincoln” by Paul Laurence Dunbar......Page 312
Jonathan P. Dolliver on Lincoln’s Legacy......Page 313
Mark Twain on Preserving Lincoln’s Birthplace......Page 322
Tribute by Frederic Harrison......Page 324
Tribute by William McKinley......Page 326
Tribute by Theodore Roosevelt......Page 327
Part 6 Centennial Celebrations......Page 330
“The Man of Peace” by Bliss Carman......Page 332
Centennial Celebration in Chicago, Illinois—J. A. Macdonald......Page 333
Centennial Celebration in Chicago, Illinois—Emil G. Hirsch......Page 342
Centennial Celebration in Chicago, Illinois—A. J. Carey......Page 349
Centennial Celebration in Chicago, Illinois—J. W. E. Bowen......Page 351
Centennial Celebration in Chicago, Illinois—Frederick Dent Grant......Page 353
Centennial Celebration in Springfield, Illinois—Jean Adrian Jusserand......Page 358
Centennial Celebration in Peoria, Illinois—Kogoro Takahira......Page 363
Centennial Celebration in Bloomington, Indiana—Adlai E. Stevenson......Page 365
Centennial Celebration in Hodgenville, Kentucky—James Grant Wilson......Page 371
Centennial Celebration in New York, New York—Joseph Hodges Choate......Page 374
Centennial Celebration in New York, New York—Booker T. Washington......Page 376
Centennial Celebration in New York, New York—Chauncey M. Depew......Page 383
Centennial Celebration in Washington, D.C.—Joaquim Nabuco......Page 390
Centennial Celebration in Manchester, England—Church Howe......Page 393
“Lincoln on Pennies” by Carl Sandburg......Page 395
Part 7 A Selection of Lincoln’s Speeches and Writings......Page 398
Speech at Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854......Page 400
“House Divided” Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858......Page 403
Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860......Page 411
First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861......Page 414
Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862......Page 422
Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863......Page 424
Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1863......Page 427
Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863......Page 429
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865......Page 431
Photo and Illustration Credits......Page 436
Chronology......Page 442
Bibliography......Page 456
Contact Information for Lincoln Groups......Page 470
Author Index......Page 490
Subject Index......Page 494