Lincoln's Journalist: John Hay's Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860 - 1864

873 Pages·1999·2.07 MB·English

by  Michael Burlingame

Lincoln's Journalist : John Hay's
title: Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860-
1864
author: Hay, John.; Burlingame, Michael
publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin: 0809322056
print isbn13: 9780809322053
ebook isbn13: 9780585112886
language: English
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865, United
subject States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--
Sources.
publication date: 1998
lcc: E457.H39 1998eb
ddc: 973.7/092
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865, United
subject:
States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--
Sources.
Page i
Lincoln's Journalist
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Lincoln's Journalist
John Hay's Anonymous Writings for the Press, 1860-
1864
Edited by
Michael Burlingame
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Carbondale and Edwardsville
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Copyright © 1998 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
01 00 99 98 4 3 2 1
Frontispiece: Photograph of John Hay, 1861, by Albert Bierstadt,
signed by Hay, courtesy of Brown University Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hay, John, 1838-1905.
Lincoln's journalist : John Hay's anonymous writings for the press,
1860-1864 / edited by Michael Burlingame.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 2. United States
HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Sources.
I. Burlingame, Michael, 1941- .
II. Title.
E457.H39 1998
973.7´092dc21 98-6013
ISBN 0-8093-2205-6 (alk. paper) CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements
of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence
of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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For David Herbert Donald,
mentor extraordinaire
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
1
1860 1
2
1861 17
3
1862 187
4
1863-1864 331
Notes 341
Index 377
Page ix
Acknowledgments
One day in 1992 while I was working at the John Hay Library at
Brown University, Jennifer Lee, curator of the Lincoln Collection,
suggested that I might like to examine a scrapbook in which Hay had
pasted some of his own writings. Without her prompting, I would
doubtless have ignored that valuable source and its counterparts in the
Hay Papers at the Library of Congress, and this volume would never
have come to be. To Ms. Lee, now head of the manuscripts
department at the New York Public Library, I extend heartfelt thanks.
Among the other librarians at Brown who have been especially
helpful and cordial over the years are Samuel Streit, Jean Rainwater,
Pat Sirois, Mary Jo Kline, and Andrew Moul.
I also owe a debt of gratitude to Robert Hoffman of Rochester, New
York, who kindly let me examine and quote from one of Hay's
scrapbooks that he owns. His friend Joseph Buberger was most
helpful in expediting the copying of the scrapbook.
John Y. Simon, the dean of documentary editors in American history,
has supported me unstintingly as I labored over the manuscript of this
and other Lincoln-related volumes. His friendship, encouragement,
and guidance are deeply appreciated.
While spending endless weeks at the Library of Congress on this and
related projects, I was the beneficiary of the generous hospitality of
my sister and brother-in-law, Sue and Edwin Coover, which extended
far above and beyond the call of family duty.
Thomas F. Schwartz, the Illinois state historian, and Wayne C.
Temple, the chief deputy director of the Illinois State Archives, kindly
agreed to read the manuscript and give me the benefit of their
extensive knowledge of Lincoln and his times. Connecticut College's
R. Francis Johnson Faculty Development Fund helped defray some of
the expenses incurred in researching and editing this volume. Regina
B. Foster and Anita L. Allen have cheerfully and efficiently helped
type the manuscript.
As the dedication indicates, I owe a great deal to David Herbert
Donald, under whom I studied at Princeton and Johns Hopkins
Universities.
Lois McDonald deserves more credit than I can express for making it
possible for me to edit this volume.