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Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865

Name: Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865
Author: Ward Hill Lamon

Ward Hill Lamon

Read by John Greenman · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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PREFACE (33:42)
EARLY ACQUAINTANCE (36:13)
JOURNEY FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON (30:28)
INAUGURATION (13:00)
GLOOMY FOREBODINGS OF COMING CONFLICT (43:33)
HIS SIMPLICITY (37:05)
HIS TENDERNESS (16:02)
DREAMS AND PRESENTIMENTS (23:26)
THE ANTIETAM EPISODE.—LINCOLN'S LOVE OF SONG (37:18)
THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF HIS CHARACTER (24:20)
HIS LOVE OF CHILDREN (20:14)
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG SPEECH (17:48)
HIS UNSWERVING FIDELITY TO PURPOSE (30:51)
HIS TRUE RELATIONS WITH McCLELLAN (21:11)
HIS MAGNANIMITY (25:51)
CABINET COUNSELS (40:08)
CONFLICT BETWEEN CIVIL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY (13:59)
PLOTS AND ASSASSINATION (36:07)