Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART I
"THIS DAMNED OLD HOUSE"
The Lincolns in the White House
PART II
FAMILY LETTERS
he Letters of Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Robert Todd Lincoln
1848-1865
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter One
When the Lincolns moved into the White House on March 4, 1861, they were less
prepared than any previous occupants for the duties and challenges they would
have to face. An able Illinois lawyer who had gained a national reputation in
his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln, at the age of fifty-two, had no
administrative experience of any sort; he had never been governor of his state
or even mayor of his town of Springfield. A profound student of the Constitution
and of the writings of the Founding Fathers, he had a limited acquaintance with
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