Peter allen westfield biography of abraham
CONTENTS:
1. Introdution: "Where Did All That Water Come From?"
2. "An Affectionate Farewell"
3. The Best of the Bargain"
4. "A Letter from a Young Lady"
5. "An Ungovernable Mob"
6. "They Should Forget That They are Foreigners"
7. "So Good a President"
8. "This Immense Number of People"
9. "A Daguerrean Artist"
10. "Smitten by the Charms"
11. "The Solemn Spectacle"
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Introduction
Saturday Morning, February 16, 1861:
It was a sunny, cool and dry winter morning. As so many winter days are, it was very different from the day before, with its wind and wet and freezing cold conditions. President-elect Abraham Lincoln, his family and his party were leaving the Weddell House in downtown Cleveland, heading toward the Euclid Street Depot for a 9:00 A.M. departure. "Large numbers of the people were early astir this morning to obtain a parting glimpse of the president and party ... Lincoln was conducted to his carriage, amid the cheers of the people, and the procession commenced its march. The route was down Superior street, Union lane and River street to the Depot." Once they arrived, a space was cleared out on the platform so that Lincoln and his entourage could enter the train.
The Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company was in charge of the trip this day as far as Erie, Pennsylvania. The train itself consisted of one locomotive, one baggage car, two passenger cars and one car for the President-elect. The locomotive, the "William Case", was decorated with flags, with William Congden as the engineer and Mr. Nottingham, the Superintendent of the Railroad Company, as the conductor.
The first car was filled with members of the press. Some were covering this special ev
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ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT TITLES EMPLOYED IN NOTES
AL | Abraham Lincoln |
ALPLC | Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, D.C.: American Memory Project, 2000), http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/ alhome.html, accessed 2002. |
ALPLM | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois |
ALQ | Abraham Lincoln Quarterly |
Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln | Jean H. Baker, Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1987). |
Bates, Diary | The Diary of Edward Bates, 1859–1866, ed. Howard K. Beale (Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1933). |
Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln | Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809–1858, 2 vols. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928). |
Browning, Diary | The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Vol. 20, ed. Theodore C. Pease and James G. Randall (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1925). |
Chase, Diaries | Inside Lincoln s Cabinet: The Civil War Diaries of Salmon P. Chase, ed. David Donald (New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1954). |
CW | The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 9 vols., ed. Roy P. Basler (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953–55) and Supplement, 1832–1865, 2 vols. (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1974). |
Day by Day | Early Schenk Miers, ed. Lincoln Day by Day, 3 vols. (Washington, D.C: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1960). |
Donald, Lincoln | David Herbert Donald, Lincoln (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995). |
Fehrenbacher, Recollected Words | Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher, eds., Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1996). |
Fr Abraham Lincoln (Steel Plate) A. Lincoln (1863) G. Washington (1796) Daniel Boone, the Kentucky Pioneer Mordecai Lincoln ("Uncle Mord") The March through the Wilderness -- Removal of the Lincoln Family from Kentucky to Indiana in 1816 Lincoln's Home in Boyhood Dennis Hanks in His Younger Days A Memorable Scene -- Funeral of Lincoln's Mother Sarah Lincoln, the President's Step-mother The Trip to New Orleans -- Young Lincoln as a "Bow-hand" The Removal to Illinois, as Commonly Described -- Abe as Ox-river Thomas Lincoln's Ledger The Country Store Scene in the Black Hawk War -- Capt. Lincoln Protecting an Indian Major John T. Stuart Squire Godbey's Surprise -- "Studying Law, Abe? Good God Almighty!" Scenes About New Salem, Illinois: Ruins of Salem Hotel, Lincoln's Boarding House; Sangamon Falls; Grocery Sold by W. G. Greene to A. Lincoln Lincoln at the Age of Fifty Joshua F. Speed Hon. Stephen T. Logan, Lincoln's Law-partner, 1841-43 Lincoln Resoring the Young Birds to Their Nest -- An Incident of "Circuit-riding" in Illinois Mrs. Abraham Lincoln The Lincoln Homestead at Springfield Hon. William H. Herndon, Lincoln's Law-partner after 1843 One of Lincoln's Practical Jokes -- "Well, Judge, This is the First Time I Ever Got the Worst of It in a Horse-trade!" Judge David Davis -- From an Original Photograph Hon. E. M. Haines -- From an Original Photograph Hon. Leonard Swett Scene in the Great Lincoln and Douglas Debates -- "Sit Down, Lincoln! Sit Down! Your Time is Up!" The Old Chicago Wigwam, in Which Lincoln was Nominated for the Presidency, May 18, 1860 Dr. Newton Bateman The Old Lady Presenting Lincoln a Pair of Stockings Thurlow Weed Leaving Springfield for Washington -- Lincoln's Farewell to His Friends Lincoln and His Cabinet (Steel Plate): President Lincoln; William H. Seward, Secretary of State; Salmon P. chase, Secretary of the Treasury; Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior; Edwin M. Stant AbrahamLeforgeeJr Son of Abraham Leforgee Sr and Rebecca (Mount) Leforgee Brother of Priscilla (LeForge) Calvin and Priscilla (LeFarge) Faudree [spouse(s) unknown] Father of Jessee Leforgee and Ayers Leforgee Profile last modified | Created 4 Feb 2021 This page has been accessed 170 times. Excerpt from the family history of the THE LEFORGEE FAMILY by Rex Leforgee (unpublished) The most significant activity of the Leforgee family during the 1700s was the move from New Jersey westward. The story carries over from the 1600s with John and Frances Leforge and their six children: Isaac born about 1706 David born about 1708, died 17 May 1787 Nicholas born about 1710, died 12 June 1759 John born about 1712, died 3 March 1748/9 Abraham born about 1714 An unnamed female born about 1712 Abraham that was born during 1714 in Piscataway, New Jersey, married Rachel (?). They had four children: Prisciila Peter Abraham born 1740, died 31 August 1803 John born 24 February 1739/40 Abraham born 1740 married Johanna Ayers Talmadge in about 1773 and they had seven children: Jesse born 7 December 1779, died 11 June 1833 Lewis born 1782 Johanna born 1784 Justena (Justeny) born 25 May 1785, died 17 February 1859 Martha born 2 March 1793, died 5 February 1858 Elizabeth born 15 June 1795, died c1819 Ayres born 15 June 1795, died 20 May 1881 Johanna had been previously married to a gentleman named Talmadge. This marriage produced three children: Mary Talmadge, Sarah Talmadge and Thomas Talmadge. Following Abraham’s death in 1803 she married Joseph Howe on 16 January 1805 in Fleming County, Kentucky. She died after December 1817. The first move that is documented is from New Jersey to Washington County in western Pennsylvania. This we know because Abraham, born 1740, s |