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LINCOLN's OFFICIAL FAMILY-Bffiuography LINCOLN LORE Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation -- --- Dr. Louis A. WarreniEditor Published each week by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, ndlana Number 753 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA September 13, 1943 LINCOLN'S OFFICIAL FAMILY-BffiUOGRAPHY Sometimes the appearance of a new Salmon P. Chase, 1861-1864 Seward, F. W., Stward at Wa8hington book will call to the attention of the 1.18 Senat<w and Secretary of State, public a considerable number of titles Schuckers, J. W., Life and Public Serv· ices of Salm<m Portland Clwse, 1846·1881, 650pp., 1891. with which it may be classified. Gideon Seward, F. W., Seward at Washington \Velles, Lincoln's Navy Department, 669pp., 1874. is such a book. Chase, S. P., AgaimJt tl~ Re,Jealof the as Sent~.t<w and Secretary of State, Missottri Prohibition of Suwery, 1861-187!, 561pp., 1891. Just outside the pale which separates 16pJ>., 1854. Bancroft, F., Life of William H. Sew· Lincolniana from a general library is ard, 2 vols., 1900. an indefinite number of books called Luthin, R. H., Salmon P. Chase'tt P(}o­ collateral items. A bibliography of this litical Career Bef&re the Civil ll'ar. Seward, 0. R., William H. Seward's (23) pp., 1943. Travel• Arormd the World, 730pp., large number of Lincoln J'cference 1873. items has never been attempted, except Chase, S. P., Diary and Cor-rcttpon· in Civil War compilations, where many tlence of S. P. Cl1.0.11c, 2 vols., 1903. Seward, W. H., Recent SpeecJwg and of them properly belong, yet, most of Writing• of William H. Stward, the Civil War items do not fall within William Dennison, 1864-1865 696pp., 1861. the scope of a collateral Lincoln Li­ (None listed) Adams, C. F., Lif.r, C/mracter and brary, as Yiewed by the Lincoln collec­ Services of W•lliam H. Seward, tor. William P. Fessenden, 1864-1865 47pp., 1873. This monograph is the first of a sea Fessenden, F., Lif~ and Public Servict g Seward, \V. H., E·mancipation in th6 ries of Lincoln L<wea which will pre· of IYWiam. Pitt Fe88enden, 2 vols., District of Columbia, 8pp., 18~0. sent some of the various classifications 1907. Seward, W. H, U:mrpalio11., of Slav­ of collateral Lincolniana. These bib­ Webb, R., WiLliam Pitt Fe.. enden. ery, 7pp., 18o5. liography lists will not stress com· 39pp., 1899. Seward, \V. H., Freedom in Kmt8CUJ, pleteness, so much as they will attempt 15pp., 1868. to name the more valuable contribu­ Hannibal Hamlin, 1861-1865 Sewar~, W. H., Nati<nud Dit·ergence tions for reference purposes. Hamlin, C. E., Life and T·imes of Han· arnl xetttrn, 7pp., 1860. nibal Hamlin, 627pp., 1899. It would appear as if the books and Seward, \V. H., The Compromise Bill, pamphlets by and about Lincoln's otTi· Connor, S., Anniversary of Birth of 15pp., 1850. Hannibal Hamlin, 31pp., 1909. cial family, including the cabinet mem· Seward, W. H., Abrogation of the Mi8· bers and vice-presidents of both ad· Andrews, H. F., Tlte Hamlin F•amily, souri Compromise, 40pp., 1864. ministrations, should receive first con· n. d. sideration. Possibly there should be Seward, W. H., Speech in Se?!atP, Feb. mentioned four titles which feature the 29, 1860, 15pp., 1860. cabinet members and which are noted Andrew Johnson, 1865 Seward, \V. R., Speech at Rochester, in Lincolniana. Dana, C. 0.- Lincoln Johnson, A2 Tf"i.al of Andrew Johnsm1, Oct. !5, 1858, Spp., 1868. and. His Cabinet; Green, J. P.- Litrcoln 3 vols., 1~68. and His Cabinet; Macartney, C. Z.­ Johnson, A., l.Afe, S7)eeches and ScrtJ­ Caleb P. S mith, 1861·1863 ict-8 of Amlrew Johnson, 214pp., Lincoln. and His Cabinet; Usher, J. P. Smith, C. P., The War and Ita Cost., -Presillent Lincoln's Cabi?tet. Room (1865). 16pp., 1848. will not permit the inclusion of many Moore, F., S}Jetches of Andrew John· valuable Lincolniana items which re-. son, 494pp., 1865. James Speed, 1864·1865 fer to individual mcmherJ; of the cab-­ \Vinston, R. \V., A?tdrew Jolmsun~ jnet or pedodicals and manuscripts re­ Speed, J., James Speed, A Per.'!onality, ferring to the cabinet as o whole. De­ Plebian and Patriot, o49pp., (1928). 136pp., 1914. partment reports are al~o exclu~ive Savage, J., Life and Public Service• of from this cnmpilation. Andrew Johns&n, 408pp., 1866. Edward M. Stanton, 1862-1865 Biographical sketches of Lincoln's Milton, G. F., The Age of Hate, A tt· Flower, F. A., Edwin McMaslN"tt Stan· drew Johm;on muf the Radirnlx. ton, 425pp., 1905. administrative associates should oe. 787pp., 1930. cupy the shelves nearest to those which Gorham, G. C., Etlw·in M. Stanton., 2 feature the President himself. The roll vols., 1899. of these im}>Ortant chHract..crs might be Hugh McCulloch, 1865 Carnegie, A., Ed-wi?t .<\!. Stanton, 35pp., called as follows: Bates, Blair, Cam­ McCulloch, H., Men a>ui Measure• "' 1906. eron, Chase, Dennison, Fessenden, Half a Century, 542pp., 1888. \Villiams, B. A., u~fr. Secr6tary," Hamlin, Johnson_. McCulloch, Seward, McCulloch, H., Addresses, Speulte•, 507pp,. 1940. Smith, Speed, ::stanton, Usher, ana Lectures, a11d Letters, 435pp., 1891. Welles. Wilson, H. & Black, J. S., Edruin M. MeCulloc!!J H., Our Nati<mal mul Fin­ Stant<m, 72pp., 1871. Edward Bates. 1861-1865 ancitd ruttlT6, 16J)p., l86!l. Doyle, J. B:~.ln M<m<>riam, Edwin Mc­ Beale, H. K., The Diary of Edward Masters ~tanton, 405pp., 1911. Bates, 1859-1866, 685pp., 1933. William H. Seward, 1861-1865 Baker, G. E., Life of William H. Sev•• John P. Usher, 1863·1865 Montgomery Blair, 1861-1864 ard, 410pp., 1855. Smith, \V. E., The Ff"ances Preston (None listed) Blair Family in Politics, 2 vola., Lothrop, T. K., WilUam Henry Sewa-rd. 1983. 446pp., 1896. Gideon Welles, 1861-1 865 Seward, W. B., Jltr. Seu.:a-rd of Auburn Welles, G., Diary t>f Gideon Welles, 3 Simon Cameron, 1861-1862 in 1865, 16pp., (1865). vols., 1911. Cameron, S., BanqtUt to the Htm. Seward, W. H., Autobi<Jf)rUIJhy of IVil· West, R. S., Jr., Gideon Welles, Lin­ Simo11 Camtron, 16pp., 1862. liam H. Seward, 832pp., 1891. coln'• Na"''l Dept., 879pp., 1948. .
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