Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters To The PresidentHarold Holzer A first-ever compilation of letters written to Abraham Lincoln from 1860 through 1865 that presents revealing and fascinating material to audiences hungry for new information about the Civil War years. Illuminates the emotions, opinions, political and human values of a nation in crisis. Photos. |
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... Neill ( 1823-1893 ) was already a Presbyte- rian minister , historian , and lecturer when he was recruited for duty at the age of forty - one . Born in Philadelphia , he had been educated at the University of Pennsylvania , Amherst ...
... Neill ( 1823-1893 ) was already a Presbyte- rian minister , historian , and lecturer when he was recruited for duty at the age of forty - one . Born in Philadelphia , he had been educated at the University of Pennsylvania , Amherst ...
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... ( Neill eventually sent Lincoln a copy of his own . ) Nicolay apparently requested the volume , too ; a letter he sent to Neill from Springfield midway on his journey to Minnesota thanked him for forwarding the book . " I am glad to have ...
... ( Neill eventually sent Lincoln a copy of his own . ) Nicolay apparently requested the volume , too ; a letter he sent to Neill from Springfield midway on his journey to Minnesota thanked him for forwarding the book . " I am glad to have ...
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... Neill , like Stoddard before him , felt impelled to limit his mail . “ To have read all the letters directed to him would have been a Sisyphean labor , never completed , " Neill believed , " and it was necessarily delegated to another ...
... Neill , like Stoddard before him , felt impelled to limit his mail . “ To have read all the letters directed to him would have been a Sisyphean labor , never completed , " Neill believed , " and it was necessarily delegated to another ...
Contents
1 Advice and Instruction | 43 |
2 Requests and Demands | 71 |
3 Compliments and Congratulations | 117 |
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