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 the government that they had ... read full excerpt from Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abrahams Lincoln's Family Life ebook