Publisher's Synopsis
This is a collection of four historic tributes to President Abraham Lincoln: 1. LINCOLN'S LAST HOURS by Charles A. Leale Address delivered before the commandery of the state of New York Military order of the loyal legion of the United States at the regular meeting, February, 1909, city of New York in observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. 2. MEMORIAL ADDRESS ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by George Bancroft. Delivered, at the request of both Houses of the Congress of America, before them, in the House of Representatives at Washington, on the 12th of February, 1866. 3. THE PERFECT TRIBUTE by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Written in 1908, a story paying tribute to the character of Abraham Lincoln. 4. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, A MEMORIAL DISCOURSE, By Rev. T. M. Eddy, D. D., Delivered at a Union Meeting, held in the Presbyterian Church, Waukegan Illinois, Wednesday, April 19, 1865, the day upon which the funeral services of the president were conducted in Washington, and observed throughout the loyal states as one of mourning.
