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Herndon, William H., 1818-1891 Two letters of William Henry Herdon describing Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01-/02]

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GLC#
GLC06648
Type
Header Record
Date
1874-1885
Author/Creator
Herndon, William H., 1818-1891
Title
Two letters of William Henry Herdon describing Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01-/02]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
2 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction
Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Reconstruction
President

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GLC06648.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mr. Kirk

November 22, 1885

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

Gives a friend his perceptions of Abraham Lincoln as a thinker, man, and statesman. He writes in part that Lincoln was "in the best sense of the word..., a deep, thorough and persistent thinker and a great reader of the political history of his...

GLC06648.01
GLC06648.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Mr. Noyes

January 15, 1874

Herndon, William H., 1818-1891

Replies to a request for a lecture on Abraham Lincoln's religion. Describes Lincoln as "a kind - tender & sympathetic man feeling deeply in the presence of suffering - pain - wrong or oppression in any shape: he was the very essence and substance of...

GLC06648.02