WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 28, 1882. HON. JOHN SHERMAN,           United States Senate. When a senator or member of Congress discovers in some n...

A door which opened upon a porch or gallery, and also the windows, were kept open for fresh air. The night was dark, cloudy, and damp, and a...

. . . Bobb came in this morning with a couple of very intelligent East Tennesseeans. They talked in a very friendly way with the President....

Executive Mansion, Washington, August 7, 1863. MY DEAR NICO: . . . . Bob and his mother have gone to the white mountains. (I don...

. . . . R. T. L. says the Tycoon is grieved silently but deeply about the escape of Lee. He said: — “If I had gone up there I could have wh...

Washington, Aug. 24 (1861). DEAR GEORGE: Yours of the 22d received this morning. I don't wish to hurry you, but write simply to s...

May 29 th Executive Mansion. My Dear Mrs Sprigg: Your very welcome letter was received two weeks since, and my sadness & i...

Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln By Jason Emerson He is known to history as Robert Todd Lincoln, the oldest of A...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN , son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, was born on February 12, 1809 on Sinking Spring Farm, near Hodgenville, Hardin (now...