AND

THE MEN:

BEING

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS

CABINET; TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF
THE CELEBRATED ARTIST, F. B. CARPENTER, AUTHOR
OF THE GREAT NATIONAL PAINTING,

THE FIRST READING

OF THE

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

BEFORE THE CABINET BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN ;

INCLUDING ALSO

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PICTURE; AN ACCOUNT OF THE CRISIS WHICH PRO-
DUCED IT; And an AppeNDIX CONTAINING THE GREAT PROCLAMA-

TION AND THE SUPPLEMENTARY PROCLAMATION OF JAN-
UARY 1, 1863; TOGETHER WITH A PORTRAIT OF THE

ARTIST, AND A KEY TO THE PICTURE.

EDITOR OF

COMPILED BY

FRED. B. PERKINS,

THE GALAXY, FORMERLY ONE OF THE EDITORS OF THE NEW
YORK "TRIBUNE,' AND OF THE NEW YORK "INDEPENDENT."

Published by

A. J. JOHNSON, NEW YORK.

F. G. & A. C. ROWE, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
C. ALLEN, M.D., CHICAGO, ILL.

1867.

ENTERED, ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1867, BY

A. J. JOHNSON,

IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

DAVIES & KENT, Electrotypers and Stereotypers, 183 WILLIAM ST., N. Y.