Brooks, Noah (1830-1903) [Remark about Abraham Lincoln's wisdom]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.30 Author/Creator: Brooks, Noah (1830-1903) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.6 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy
Writes "When asked what trait of Abraham Lincoln's character most impressed me in the years of my intercourse with him, I reply - his wisdom. He was the wisest man I ever knew."
Brooks was a California reporter who had followed Lincoln's rise to the Presidency. He was to be appointed Lincoln's personal secretary in the spring of 1865, but the assassination intervened.
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