The Lincoln Papers: The Story of the Collection with Selections to July 4, 1861, in Two Volumes

xvii, 332; 333-681 pp. Two volume set. Introduction by Carl Sandburg. Shortly after Lincoln's death, in 1865, all the papers which had accumulated in his office files during the presidency, plus many more which he had brought with him from Springfield, were removed from the White House by his son. From that time until July 26, 1947, when the collection was first opened to the public, these papers were shrouded in secrecy. Following the introductory section is the main body of these two volumes--a selection of more than 500 vital documents from the monumental collection now in the Library of Congress... This selection from the papers goes up to July 5, 1861, covering Lincoln's early years, his political campaigns, and the first critical months of the presidency when the nation was torn by civil war.