Abraham Lincoln

Name: Abraham Lincoln
Author: Curtis, William Eleroy
Curtis, William Eleroy
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
This cabin was long ago torn down, but the logs were
        saved, and in August, 1895, it was rebuilt on the
        original site.

    ROCK SPRING FARM, KENTUCKY, WHERE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS BORN    22

        From a photograph taken in September, 1895.

    ROCK SPRING ON THE FARM WHERE LINCOLN WAS BORN                26

        From a photograph taken in September, 1895. The spring
        is in a hollow at the foot of the gentle slope on which
        the house stands.

    FAC-SIMILE OF AN INVITATION TO A SPRINGFIELD COTILLION
      PARTY                                                       38

        By special permission, from the collection of C. F.
        Gunther, Esq., Chicago.

    MARY TODD LINCOLN, WIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN                    44

        From a photograph by Brady in the War Department
        Collection.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN EARLY IN 1861, WHEN HE FIRST BEGAN TO
      WEAR A BEARD                                                60

        From a photograph in the collection of H. W. Fay, Esq.,
        De Kalb, Illinois. By special permission.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN THE SUMMER OF 1860                         75

        From a negative taken for M. C. Tuttle, of St. Paul,
        Minnesota, for local use in the presidential campaign.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1858                                      100

        From a photograph owned by Hon. William J. Franklin,
        Macomb, Illinois, taken in 1866 from an ambrotype made
        in 1858 at Macomb. By special permission.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861                                      125

        Copied from the original in the possession of Frank A.
        Brown, Esq., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HOUSE AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS             156

        The tree in front of the house was planted by Lincoln.

    ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861                                      169

        From a photograph by Klauber, of Louisville, Kentucky,
        taken especially for Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, in
        acknowledgment of an Oxford Bible received from her
        twenty years before.  Reproduced by special permission
        of James B. Speed, Esq., of Louisville, Kentucky.

    MONTGOMERY BLAIR, POSTMASTER-GENERAL                         187

        From a photograph by Brady.

    GIDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY                         196

        From a photograph by Brady.

    WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE                        201

        From a photograph by Brady.

    GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN AT THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF
      GENERAL MORELL'S BRIGADE, MINOR'S HILL, VIRGINIA           206

        From a contemporary photograph by M. B. Brady.

    EDWIN M. STANTON, SECRETARY OF WAR                           224

        From a photograph by Brady.

    GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT                                     254
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Abraham Lincoln

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