Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President

Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Country
United States
Published
20 January 2006
Pages
400
ISBN
9780809326860

Dear Mr. Lincoln: Letters to the President

During the Civil War, Americans felt themselves to be on intimate terms with their commander in chief, sending President Abraham Lincoln between two hundred and five hundred pieces of mail every day - letters that expressed the concerns, aspirations, grievances, and obsessions of the nation. Ranging from weighty political tomes to greetings accompanying homespun gifts, the letters reflect the pulse of the country in a time of upheaval. This illuminating collection includes straightforward correspondence from ordinary Americans requesting autographs and favours, as well as pleas from the influential, such as the anguished open letter from
New York Tribune
publisher, Horace Greeley, imploring Lincoln to end his
remiss
policy of caution on emancipation. This new paperback edition, featuring twenty-two illustrations, portrays a president clearly eager to review and respond to the advice, criticism, and requests of the nation’s citizens.

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