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

Contains Over 100 Primary Source Selections Including Essays, Proclamations, Letters, Eulogies, Poems, And Songs To Illustrate Abraham Lincoln's Life, Presidency, And Legacy. Features Include A Chronology, Bibliography, And Contact Information And Web Sites For Associations, Libraries, Museums, And Historic Sites--provided By Publisher. Foreword / Douglas L. Wilson -- Preface -- Pt. 1. Early Life And Career -- Introduction -- 1-1. Abraham Lincoln's Autobiographies -- 1-2. Osborn H. Oldroyd's Summary Of Lincoln's Life -- 1-3. Stepmother Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln On His Childhood -- 1-4. Stepsister Matilda Johnston Moore On Her Older Stepbrother -- 1-5. Cousin Dennis Hanks On Lincoln's Early Life -- 1-6. John Hanks Reminisces About His Younger Cousin -- 1-7. Clarissa Tuft Vannattin Tells How Lincoln Helped Her Sister -- 1-8. Horace Greeley On Lincoln's Education -- 1-9. James C. Ambrose On Choosing 'abe' Captain -- 1-10. Best Friend Joshua Speed On Lincoln's Early Career -- 1-11. Fellow Lawyer And Friend Leonard Swett Recounts Two Versions Of Meeting Lincoln -- 1-12. Hamilton Wright Mabie On Lincoln As A Man Of Letters -- 1-13. Oh, Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud? / William Knox -- 1-14. My Child-hood Home I See Again / Abraham Lincoln -- 1-15. Correspondence Between Joshua Speed And Lincoln About Their Marriages -- 1-16. Ida M. Tarbell On Lincoln's Rise In National Stature -- 1-17. Correspondence Between Grace Bedell And Lincoln About His Beard -- 1-18. Lincoln Says Farewell To The Citizens Of Springfield. Pt. 2. The 16th President : Great Emancipator And Commander-in-chief -- Introduction -- 2-1. James Russell Lowell On Lincoln As President -- 2-2. Nathaniel Hawthorne On Meeting Lincoln -- 2-3. We Are Coming Father Abraham, Or, Three Hundred Thousand More : Inscribed To Our Volunteers / James Sloan Gibbons -- 2-4. James Shrigley Recalls Lincoln Appointing Him Hospital Chaplain -- 2-5. Thomas T. Eckert Remembers Lincoln At The War Department -- 2-6. The Pennsylvania Anti-slavery Society Congratulates Lincoln On Emancipation -- 2-7. Frederick Douglass Recalls Emancipation Day -- 2-8. Correspondence Between President Lincoln And The Chicago Sanitary Commission -- 2-9. Francis B. Carpenter On Painting The First Reading Of The Emancipation Proclamation -- 2-10. James Abram Garfield On The Emancipation Proclamation -- 2-11. The Emancipation Group / John Greenleaf Whittier -- 2-12. E.w. Andrews Accompanies Lincoln To Gettysburg -- 2-13. Jacob Hoke On Lincoln At Gettysburg -- 2-14. Excerpt From The Gettysburg Ode / Bayard Taylor -- 2-15. James Speed Recalls Lincoln Discharging A Mother's Sons From The Army -- 2-16. Harriet Beecher Stowe Shares Her Impressions Of Lincoln -- 2-17. Sojourner Truth On Meeting Lincoln -- 2-18. Joshua Speed Remembers One Of His Last Visits With Lincoln -- 2-19. Elizabeth Keckley Remembers Lincoln's Second Inaugural -- 2-20. William H. Crook On Lincoln's Trip To Richmond Near The War's End. 2-21. A News Account Of Lincoln's Visit To Richmond -- 2-22. Charles Carleton Coffin Describes The President's Entry Into Richmond -- 2-23. A Report On The Ax Incident -- Pt. 3. The Man Behind The Legend -- Introduction -- 3-1. Elizabeth Keckley Describes Some Domestic Scenes -- 3-2. Noah Brooks And William H. Crook On Lincoln And Tad -- 3-3. Francis B. Carpenter Describes Lincoln's Love Of Shakespeare -- 3-4. Leonard Wells Volk On Sculpting Lincoln -- 3-5. On The Life-mask Of Abraham Lincoln / Richard Watson Gilder -- 3-6. David R. Locke Recounts Conversations With Lincoln -- 3-7. Henry Villard Describes Lincoln's Storytelling -- 3-8. Albert B. Chandler On Lincoln's Hair And Newsboys -- 3-9. Henry Clay Whitney Relates A Lincoln Quip About Weighty Men -- 3-10. Alexander K. Mcclure Shares Popular Anecdotes About Lincoln -- Pt. 4. The Death Of Lincoln -- Introduction -- 4-1. William H. Crook Remembers Lincoln's Last Day -- 4-2. Walt Whitman Describes The Scene Of The Assassination -- 4-3. Edwin M. Stanton Gives A First-hand Account Of Lincoln's Assassination -- 4-4. Maunsell B. Field Describes The Night Of Lincoln's Death -- 4-5. Elizabeth Keckley On Hearing Of His Death. 4-6. The Sorrow Of The People From The Chicago Tribune -- 4-7. Americans Recall Where They Were : Caroline Richards, Lucretia Mott, And Jane Addams -- 4-8. The Death Of Lincoln / William Cullen Bryant -- 4-9. Eulogy By Ralph Waldo Emerson, April 19, 1865 -- 4-10. Eulogy By Henry Ward Beecher, April 23, 1865 -- 4-11. Eulogy By Phillips Brooks, April 23, 1865 -- 4-12. Eulogy By Seth Sweetser, April 23, 1865 -- 4-13. Eulogy By Matthew Simpson, May 4, 1865 -- 4-14. Eulogy By Charles Sumner, June 1, 1865 -- 4-15. From Ode Recited At The Harvard Commemoration / James Russell Lowell -- 4-16. Poems By Walt Whitman -- Pt. 5. Tributes And Legacy -- Introduction -- 5-1. Remembrance / Mary Todd Lincoln -- 5-2. William H. Herndon Gives His Impressions Of Lincoln's Character -- 5-3. Horace Greeley On Lincoln's Leadership -- 5-4. Tribute / Shelby M. Cullom -- 5-5. Tribute / Schuyler Colfax -- 5-6. Tribute / Frederick Douglass -- 5-7. Tribute / Ulysses S. Grant -- 5-8. William Tecumseh Sherman Recalls His Last Meeting With Lincoln -- 5-9. Tribute / Walt Whitman -- 5-10. Robert G. Ingersoll On Lincoln's Legacy -- 5-11. Tribute / Lyman Abbott -- 5-12. Abraham Lincoln / Rose Terry Cooke. 5-13. Lincoln, The Man Of The People / Edwin Markham -- 5-14. Lift Every Voice And Sing / James Weldon Johnson -- 5-15. Lincoln / Paul Laurence Dunbar -- 5-16. Jonathan P. Dolliver On Lincoln's Legacy -- 5-17. Mark Twain On Preserving Lincoln's Birthplace -- 5-18. Tribute / Frederic Harrison -- 5-19. Tribute / Rutherford B. Hayes -- 5-20. Tribute / William Mckinley -- 5-21. Tribute / Theodore Roosevelt -- Pt. 6. Centennial Celebrations -- Introduction -- 6-1. The Man Of Peace / Bliss Carman -- 6-2. Centennial Celebration In Chicago, Illinois : J.a. Macdonald -- 6-3. Centennial Celebration Chicago, Illinois : Emil G. Hirsch -- 6-4. Centennial Celebration In Chicago, Illinois : A.j. Carey -- 6-5. Centennial Celebration In Chicago, Illinois : J.w.e. Bowen -- 6-6. Centennial Celebration In Chicago, Illinois : Frederick Dent Grant -- 6-7. Centennial Celebration In Springfield, Illinois : Jean Adrian Jusserand -- 6-8. Centennial Celebration In Peoria, Illinois : Kogoro Takahira -- 6-9. Centennial Celebration In Bloomington, Indiana : Adlai E. Stevenson. 6-10. Centennial Celebration In Hodgenville, Kentucky : James Grant Wilson -- 6-11. Centennial Celebration In New York New York : Joseph Hodges Choate -- 6-12. Centennial Celebration In New York, New York : Booker T. Washington -- 6-13. Centennial Celebration In New York, New York : Chauncey M. Depew -- 6-14. Centennial Celebration In Washington, D.c. : Joaquim Nabuco -- 6-15. Centennial Celebration In Manchester, England : Church Howe -- 6-16. Lincoln On Pennies / Carl Sandburg -- Pt. 7. A Selection Of Lincoln's Speeches And Writings -- Introduction -- 7-1. Speech At Peoria, Illinois, October 16, 1854 -- 7-2. House Divided Speech At Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858 -- 7-3. Speech At Cooper Institute, New York, February 27, 1860 -- 7-4. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 -- 7-5. Letter To Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- 7-6. Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 -- 7-7. Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 3, 1863 -- 7-8. Gettysburg Address, November 19. 1863 -- 7-9. Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 -- Photo And Illustration Credits -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Contact Information For Lincoln Groups : Associations, Educational Institutes, Landmarks And Historic Sites, Libraries, Museums, And Other Web Resources Related To Abraham Lincoln -- Author Index -- Subject Index. Edited By Helene Henderson ; Foreword By Douglas L. Wilson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 439-450) And Indexes. 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