LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President 1861-65. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, February 12, 1809; died at Washington, April 15, 1865. WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD, Secretary of State 1861-69. Born at Florida, New York, May 16, 1801; died at Auburn, New York, October 10, 1872. SALMON PORTLAND CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury 1861-64. Born at Cornish, New Hampshire, January 13, 1808; died at New York, May 7, 1873. WILLIAM PITT FESSENDEN, Secretary of the Treasury 1864-65. Born at Boscawen, New Hampshire, October 16, 1806; died at Portland, Maine, September 8, 1869. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War 186162. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1799; died there June 26, 1889. EDWIN MCMASTERS STANTON, Secretary of War 1862-68. Born at Steubenville, Ohio, December 19, 1814; died at Washington, December 24, 1869. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy 1861-69. Born at Glastonbury, Connecticut, July 1, 1802; died at Hartford, Connecticut, February 11, 1878. CALEB BLOOD SMITH, Secretary of the Interior 1861-62. Born at Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1808; died at Indianapolis, Indiana, January 7, 1864. JOHN PALMER USHER, Secretary of the Interior 1863-65. Born at Brookfield, New York, January 9, 1816; died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1889. EDWARD BATES, Attorney-General 1861-64. Born at Belmont, Virginia, September 4, 1793; died at St. Louis, March 25, 1869. JAMES SPEED, Attorney-General 1864-66. Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, March 11, 1812; died there June 25, 1887. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster-General 1861-64. Born in Franklin County, Kentucky, May 10, 1813; died at Silver Spring, Maryland, July 27, 1883. WILLIAM DENNISON, Postmaster-General 1864-66. Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, November 23, 1815; died at Columbus, Ohio, June 15, 1882. ري LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET HAVE been invited to tell you some recollections of impressions that were made upon me during the period when I was serving at Washington and in the field under President Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton. I felt no special anxiety to perform this duty, but it seemed to me as though I ought not to decline it. The number of those who knew those |