Author: Abraham Lincoln

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781331161912

Excerpt from The Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln: Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers and Miscellaneous Writings This added a vast amount of private material which had not come within the sphere of their official knowledge, and added the charming personal element to the works of the great statesman. When Colonel Lincoln requested them to compile his father's writings and freely transferred to them all his legal rights as his father's heir to protection by copyright, he at once made their collection the standard edition for all time, and rendered it impossible for any unauthorized publisher to successfully compete with them by issuing any edition which could have even the semblance of being complete. New Material The eleven years which have elapsed since the first edition of this work was issued have but served to augment the honor, esteem, and love in which the people of America have ever held the Great War President. Naturally this national attitude has resulted in bringing to light a large amount of manuscript material - much of great historical and biographical value - which inevitably escaped even such conscientious workers as Mr. Nieolay and Colonel Hay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.