The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete, Volume 4
by Abraham Lincoln
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Contents
- “Webster Couldn’t Have Done More.”
- Lincoln Met Clay
- Reminded “Abe” of a Little Joke
- His Dignity Saved Him
- The Man He Was Looking for
- His Cabinet Chances Poor
- The General Was “Headed in”
- Sugar-Coated
- Could Make “Rabbit-Tracks.”
- Lincoln Protected Currency Issues
- Lincoln’s Apology to Grant
- Lincoln Said “by Jing.”
- It Tickled the Little Woman
- “Shall All Fall Together.”
- Dead Dog No Cure
- “Thorough” Is a Good Word
- The Cabinet Was a-Settin’
- A Bullet Through His Hat
- No Kind to Get to Heaven on
- The Only Real Peacemaker
- The Apple Woman’s Pass
- Split Rails by the Yard
- The Question of Legs
- Too Many Widows Already
- God Needed That Church
- The Man Down South
- Couldn’t Let Go the Hog
- The Cabinet Lincoln Wanted
- Ready for “Butcher-Day.”
- “The Bad Bird and the Mudsill.”
- Gave the Soldier His Fish
- A Peculiar Lawyer
- If They’d Only “Skip.”
- Father of the “Greenback.”
- Major Anderson’s Bad Memory
- No Vanderbilt
- Squashed a Brutal Lie
- “One War at a Time.”
- President Lincoln’s Last Public Address
- No Others Like Them
- Cash Was at Hand
- Welcomed the Little Girls
- “Don’t Swap Horses”
- Most Valuable Political Attribute
- “Abe” Resented the Insult
- One Man Isn’t Missed
- “Stretched the Facts.”
- It Lengthened the War
- His Theory of the Rebellion
- Ran Away When Victorious
- Wanted Stanton Spanked
- Stanton Was Out of Town
- Identified the Colored Man
- Office Seekers Worse Than War
- He “Set ‘Em Up.”
- Wasn’t Stanton’s Say
- “Jeffy” Threw Up the Sponge
- Didn’t Know Grant’s Preference
- Justice vs. Numbers
- No False Pride in Lincoln
- Extra Member of the Cabinet
- How Lincoln Was Abused
- How “Fighting Joe” Was Appointed
- Kept His Courage Up
- A Fortune-Teller’s Prediction
- Too Much Powder
- Sleep Standing Up
- Should Have Fought Another Battle
- Lincoln Upbraided Lamon
- Marked Out a Few Words
- Lincoln Silences Seward
- Brought the Husband Up
- No War Without Blood-Letting
- Lincoln’s Two Difficulties
- White Elephant on His Hands
- When Lincoln and Grant Clashed
- Won James Gordon Bennett’s Support
- Stood by the “Silent Man.”
- A Very Brainy Nubbin
- Sent to His “Friends.”
- Go Down with Colors Flying
- All Were Tragedies
- “He’s the Best of Us.”
- How Lincoln “Composed.”
- Hamlin Might Do It
- The Gun Shot Better
- Lenient with McCLELLAN
- Didn’t Want a Military Reputation
- “Surrender No Slave.”
- Conscripting Dead Men
- Lincoln’s Rejected Manuscript
- Lincoln as a Story Writer
- Lincoln’s Ideas on Crossing a River When He Got to It
- President Nominated First
- “Them Gilliteens.”
- “Consider the Sympathy of Lincoln.”
- Saved a Life
- Lincoln Played Ball
- His Passes to Richmond Not Honored
- “Public Hangman” for the United States
- Few, but Boisterous
- Keep Pegging Away
- Beware of the Tail
- “Lincoln’s Dream.”
- There Was No Need of a Story
- Lincoln a Man of Simple Habits
- His Last Speech
- Forgot Everything He Knew Before
- Lincoln Believed in Education
- Lincoln on the Dred Scott Decision
- Lincoln Made Many Notable Speeches
- What Ailed the Boys
- Tad’s Confederate Flag
- Called Blessings on the American Women
- Lincoln’s “Order No. 252.”
- Talked to the Negroes of Richmond
- “Abe” Added a Saving Clause
- How “Jack” Was “Done Up.”
- Angels Couldn’t Swear It Right
- “Must Go, and Go to Stay.”
- Lincoln Wasn’t Buying Nominations
- He Envied the Soldier at the Front
- Don’t Trust Too Far
- He’d “Risk the Dictatorship.”
- “Major General, I Reckon.”
- Would See the Tracks
- “Abe” Gave Her a “Sure Tip.”
- The President Had Knowledge of Him
- Only Half a Man
- Grant Congratulated Lincoln
- “Brutus and Caesar.”
- How Stanton Got Into the Cabinet
- “Abe” Like His Father
- “No Moon at All.”
- “Abe” a Superb Mimic
- Why He Was Called “Honest Abe.”
- “Abe’s” Name Remained on the Sign
- Very Homely at First Sight
- “Wuz Goin’ Ter Be ‘Hitched.”’
- He Proposed to Save the Union
- The Same Old Rum
- Saved Lincoln’s Life
- Would Not Recall a Single Word
- Old Broom Best After All
- God with A Little “g.”
- “Abe’s” Log
- It Was a Fine Fizzle
- A Teetotaler
- Not to “Open Shop” There
- We Have Liberty of All Kinds
- Tom Corwins’s Latest Story
- “Catch ‘Em and Cheat ‘Em.”
- A Juryman’s Scorn
- He “Broke” to Win
- Wanted Her Children Back
- Six Feet Four at Seventeen
- Had Respect for the Eggs
- How Was the Milk Upset?
- “Pulled Fodder” for a Book
- Praises His Rival for Office
- One Thing “Abe” Didn’t Love
- The Modesty of Genius
- Why She Married Him
- Niagara Falls
- Made It Hot for Lincoln
- Wouldn’t Hold Title Against Him
- Only One Life to Live
- Couldn’t Locate His Birthplace
- “Sambo” Was “Afeared.”
- When Money Might Be Used
- “Abe” Was No Beauty
- “He’s Just Beautiful.”
- Big Enough Hog for Him
- “Abe” Offers a Speech for Something to Eat
- They Understood Each Other
- Few Fence Rails Left
- The “Great Snow” of 1830-31
- Creditor Paid Debtors Debt
- Helped Out the Soldiers
- Every Fellow for Himself
- “Butcher-Knife Boys” at the Polls
- No “Second Coming” for Springfield
- How He Won a Friend
- Never Sued a Client
- Running the Machine
- Was “Boss” When Necessary
- “Rather Starve Than Swindle.”
- Don’t Aim Too High
- Not Much at Rail-Splitting
- Gave the Soldier the Preference
- The President Was Not Scared
- Jeff. Davis’ Reply to Lincoln
- Lincoln Was a Gentleman
- His Poor Relations
- Deserter’s Sins Washed Out in Blood
- Sure Cure for Boils
- Pay for Everything
- Bashful with Ladies
- Saw Humor in Everything
- Specific for Foreign “Rash.”
- Favored the Other Side
- Lincoln and the “Show”
- “Mixing” and “Mingling.”
- Took Part of the Blame
- Thought of Learning a Trade
- Lincoln Defends Fifteen Mrs. Nations
- Avoided Even Appearance of Evil
- “Neutrality.”
- Days of Gladness Past
- Wouldn’t Take the Money