Recollections of Sixteen Presidents From Washington to Lincoln e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT having been understood among my friends that I have seen all the Presidents of the United States, ex cept Washington and the elder Adams, their partiality has prompted the request that I should communicate to the public my recollections of them, and of other public men whom I have known personally during a life now past four-score years. To this request I have fre quently replied that when my active intercourse with the world had ceased and the bustling affairs of life were laid aside, I would undertake the task. That time hav ing arrived, I now begin the fulfillment of my promise.