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Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by distinguished men of his time
performing many honorable duties, he was elected Governor of Massa-
chusetts for 1851-2, which brought him under the full glare of public
light, with a national reputation. The degree of LL.D. was conferred
upon him by Harvard University about this time, and he was appointed
one of the trustees of that famous seat of learning a few years later.
In 1855 Mr. Boutwell became Secretary of the Board of Education, and
held the office till January 1, 1861. In 1857 he was elected a member
of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1861 he was
chosen a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard Univer-
sity, and delivered the annual oration.
Mr. Boutwell was a delegate to the Convention that nominated Mr.
Lincoln for the office of President. In January, 1861, he was appointed
a member of the Peace Congress. In June, 1862, he was appointed by
President Lincoln a member of a commission to adjust the claims
against the government, arising from the operations of General Fremont
in Missouri and the States in the vicinity. In July of the same year he
was appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and organized that
office. He was elected to Congress in November of that year, and was
re-elected in 1864, 1866 and 1868. Mr. Boutwell was a member of the
Board of Managers that conducted the impeachment of Andrew John-
son. He was also a member of the Committee of Fifteen that re-
ported the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States. He drafted and reported the Fifteenth Amendment, and
conducted the debate in the House of Representatives upon the pas-
sage of the resolution. When General Grant was organizing his Cabinet
in February, 1869, ne tendered the post of Secretary of the Interior to
Mr. Boutwell. This invitation Mr. Boutwell declined, preferring to re-
main in the House. Subsequently General Grant tendered him the office
of Secretary of the Treasury. This position he declined also, but the
President sent his name to the Senate notwithstanding his declination,
and in March Mr. Boutwell resigned his seat in the House and entered
upon the duties of Secretary of the Treasury. In the autumn of 1869
he drafted the bill for funding the public debt, which, upon his recom-
mendation, in his annual report for that year, became a law in July, 1870.
Mr. Boutwell resigned the office in March, 1873, having been elected
to the Senate for the unexpired terra of Mr. Wilson. In 1877 President
Hayes tendered him the appointment of Commissioner to revise the
Statutes of the United States. The work was completed and published
in 1878. In 1880 he received from President Hayes an appointment as
counsel for the United States before the French and American Claims
Commission. Upon the death of Secretary Folger, in 1884, President
Arthur tendered the Treasury Department to Mr. Boutwell. This
invitation was declined.
Title Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by distinguished men of his time
Creator Rice, Allen Thorndike, 1851-1889
Description Includes reminiscences of General Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Walt Whitman, and other contemporaries of Lincoln. Biographical sketches of the contributors are also included. Collected and edited by Allen Thorndike Rice.
Transcript performing many honorable duties, he was elected Governor of Massa- chusetts for 1851-2, which brought him under the full glare of public light, with a national reputation. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Harvard University about this time, and he was appointed one of the trustees of that famous seat of learning a few years later. In 1855 Mr. Boutwell became Secretary of the Board of Education, and held the office till January 1, 1861. In 1857 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 1861 he was chosen a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard Univer- sity, and delivered the annual oration. Mr. Boutwell was a delegate to the Convention that nominated Mr. Lincoln for the office of President. In January, 1861, he was appointed a member of the Peace Congress. In June, 1862, he was appointed by President Lincoln a member of a commission to adjust the claims against the government, arising from the operations of General Fremont in Missouri and the States in the vicinity. In July of the same year he was appointed Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and organized that office. He was elected to Congress in November of that year, and was re-elected in 1864, 1866 and 1868. Mr. Boutwell was a member of the Board of Managers that conducted the impeachment of Andrew John- son. He was also a member of the Committee of Fifteen that re- ported the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. He drafted and reported the Fifteenth Amendment, and conducted the debate in the House of Representatives upon the pas- sage of the resolution. When General Grant was organizing his Cabinet in February, 1869, ne tendered the post of Secretary of the Interior to Mr. Boutwell. This invitation Mr. Boutwell declined, preferring to re- main in the House. Subsequently General Grant tendered him the office of Secretary of the Treasury. This position he declined also, but the President sent his name to the Senate notwithstanding his declination, and in March Mr. Boutwell resigned his seat in the House and entered upon the duties of Secretary of the Treasury. In the autumn of 1869 he drafted the bill for funding the public debt, which, upon his recom- mendation, in his annual report for that year, became a law in July, 1870. Mr. Boutwell resigned the office in March, 1873, having been elected to the Senate for the unexpired terra of Mr. Wilson. In 1877 President Hayes tendered him the appointment of Commissioner to revise the Statutes of the United States. The work was completed and published in 1878. In 1880 he received from President Hayes an appointment as counsel for the United States before the French and American Claims Commission. Upon the death of Secretary Folger, in 1884, President Arthur tendered the Treasury Department to Mr. Boutwell. This invitation was declined.
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by distinguished men of...
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Contents v
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Contents xiv
Contents xv
Illustrations List xvi
Introduction xvii
Introduction xviii
Introduction xix
Introduction xx
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Introduction xxii
Introduction xxiii
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Introduction xxv
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Introduction xxxix
Introduction xl
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Introduction xliv
Introduction xlv
Introduction xlvi
Introduction xlvii
Introduction xlviii
Introduction xlix
Introduction l
Introduction li
Introduction lii
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Introduction liv
Introduction lv
Introduction lvi
Introduction lvii
Introduction lviii
Introduction lix
Introduction lx
Introduction lxi
Introduction lxii
Introduction lxiii
Introduction lxiv
Introduction lxv
Introduction lxvi
Introduction lxvii
Introduction lxviii
Introduction lxix
Washburne
Boutwell
Lincoln's Home
Poore
Swett
Early Home
Hicks Painting
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Table of Contents and Illustrations List
- Contents v
- Contents vi
- Contents vii
- Contents viii
- Contents ix
- Contents x
- Contents xi
- Contents xii
- Contents xiii
- Contents xiv
- Contents xv
- Illustrations List xvi
- Introduction xvii
- Introduction xviii
- Introduction xix
- Introduction xx
- Introduction xxi
- Introduction xxii
- Introduction xxiii
- Introduction xxiv
- Introduction xxv
- Introduction xxvi
- Introduction xxvii
- Introduction xxviii
- Introduction xxix
- Introduction xxx
- Introduction xxxi
- Introduction xxxii
- Introduction xxxiii
- Introduction xxxiv
- Introduction xxxv
- Introduction xxxvi
- Introduction xxxvii
- Introduction xxxviii
- Introduction xxxix
- Introduction xl
- Introduction xli
- Introduction xlii
- Introduction xliii
- Introduction xliv
- Introduction xlv
- Introduction xlvi
- Introduction xlvii
- Introduction xlviii
- Introduction xlix
- Introduction l
- Introduction li
- Introduction lii
- Introduction liii
- Introduction liv
- Introduction lv
- Introduction lvi
- Introduction lvii
- Introduction lviii
- Introduction lix
- Introduction lx
- Introduction lxi
- Introduction lxii
- Introduction lxiii
- Introduction lxiv
- Introduction lxv
- Introduction lxvi
- Introduction lxvii
- Introduction lxviii
- Introduction lxix
- Letter 1
- Letter 10
General Ulysses S. Grant
- Grant
Hon. Elihu B. Washburne
- Washburne
Hon. George W. Julian
Hon. R. E. Fenton
- Fenton
Hon. J. P. Usher
- Usher
Hon. George S. Boutwell
- Boutwell
General Benjamin F. Butler
- Butler
Charles Carleton Coffin
- Lincoln's Home
- Douglass
Judge Lawrence Weldon
Benjamin Perley Poore
- Poore
Titian J. Coffey
- Beecher
Hon. William D. Kelley
Hon. Cassius M. Clay
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll
- Ingersoll
A. H. Markland
Hon. Schuyler Colfax
- Colfax
Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees
Hon. Charles A. Dana
Hon. John A. Kasson
General James B. Fry
- Fry
Hon. Hugh McCulloch
- McCulloch
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew
- Depew
David R. Locke
- Locke
Leonard Swett
- Swett
- Early Home
- Whitman
Donn Piatt
E. W. Andrews
James C. Welling
John Conness
John B. Alley
Thomas Hicks
- Hicks
- Hicks Painting
Index and Back Cover
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