Herndon's Lincoln

Herndon's Lincoln - William H Herndon

This DSI edition contains all 3 Volumes in one binding. The type was reset for a clean look and appearance.

The object of this work is to deal with Mr. Lincoln individually and domestically: as lawyer, as citizen, as statesman. Special attention is given to the history of his youth and early manhood, and while dwelling on this portion of his life the liberty is taken to insert many things that would be omitted or suppressed in other places. The endeavor is to keep Lincoln in sight all the time, to cling close to his side all the way through - leaving to others the more comprehensive task of writing a history of his times. I have no theory of his life to establish or destroy. Mr. Lincoln was my warm devoted friend. - William H. Herndon Springfield, Illinois, 1888

This Edition contains the following Appendix and A Full Index

APPENDIX. 

Unpublished Family Letters  613 

An Incident on the Circuit  619 

Lincoln’s Fellow Lawyers  620 

The Truce with Douglas. – Testimony of Irwin  621 

The Bloomington Convention.  621 

An Office Discussion. – Lincoln’s Idea of War  622 

Lincoln and the Know-Nothings  623 

Lincoln’s Views on the Rights of Suffrage  625 

The Burial of the Assassin Booth  625 

A Tribute to Lincoln by a Colleague at the Bar  626 

INDEX  629