THE JOURNEYS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON, 1861, AS PRESIDENT ELECT; AND FROM WASHINGTON TO SPRINGFIELD, 1865, AS PRESIDENT MARTYRED; COMPRISING AN ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC CEREMONIES ON THE ENTIRE BY WILLIAM T. COGGESHALL. PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OHIO SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND, BY THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL, COLUMBUS. 997519 U.S.6302,40 1871. Mar. 25 By exchange of duplicac Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in PREFACE. THIS book is published for the benefit of the fund devoted to the erection of monuments in Capitol Square, at Columbus, in memory of Abraham Lincoln, and of Ohio soldiers fallen in battle. The entire proceeds of its sale, after paying the expenses of publication, will be thus applied by the Publishers. The Editor has patiently endeavored to make a correct record of Mr. Lincoln's memorable journeys as President elect and President martyred; but cannot hope that he has entirely succeeded. He acknowledges himself indebted to the local press of the several cities through which the two processions passed, for reports of the ceremonies, only a portion of which, as condensed or abridged, are credited, in the pages to which they have been transferred. Paper-makers, printers and binders are entitled to honorable mention for liberal deductions from regular prices, on account of the object which this work is intended to promote. That the period is not far distant when the Monument Committee can report that the funds received are ample for monuments worthy of the memories they will be designed to perpetuate, is the sincere trust of THE PUBLISHERS. |