Category: Feature

Mr. Lincoln and Friends – The Women “Our conversation during the Trip was Mostly concerning family affairs,” recalled longtime friend August H. Chapman… View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Supreme Court A real test for the President’s Illinois friendships came when a vacancy appeared on the Supreme Court for the district that included Illinois. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

llinois Patronage Patronage caused some of the biggest problems in Mr. Lincoln’s relationships with his Illinois friends. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends: Lawyers

Presidential Patronage The concept of friendship was never far from President Lincoln’s notions of patronage and military appointments. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends: Lawyers

Patronage and the Land Office The concept of patronage was closely linked in Mr. Lincoln’s mind to the concept of friendship… View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Sympathy for Pets and People Mr. Lincoln was “always on the side of the weak,” said New Salem friend Henry McHenry. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends

Fernando Wood (1812-1881) Fernando Wood was a bundle of contradictions. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and New York

Visit to Albany and Niagara Falls He arrived in Albany about September 26 where he conferred with Whig political leader Thurlow Weed, who was editor of the Albany Evening Journal. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and New York

Mr. Lincoln’s Visits to New York While alive, Mr. Lincoln visited New York on six occasions. View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and New York

Opponents and Enemies “If a man had maligned him, or been guilty of personal ill-treatment and abuse, and was the fittest man for the place, he would put him in his Cabinet just as soon as he would his friend.” View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends