The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-24
H,E,HUNTTNGTON BUYS
LINCOLN TREASURES
Documents Once Owned by
Ward Hill LamOn Pur-
chased for $4,000.
GETS AUTOGRAPH NOTES
Collection Increases Value Of
Owners Library to Nearly
S5,OOO,OOO.

Henry r. Huntington has begun a COL
action OF Lincolniana by buying from
naorre H. smith the Ward Hill Lamon
documents for $4,000. Mr.. Lamon was
Lincoln's law partner. Mr.. Smith bought
the Lincoln relics from his daughter.
Dorothy Laron Teillard.
TIL. collection includes the original
manuscript life OF Lincoln. In three vol
umes, never published, by William II.
Uerndon. Lincolns business associate.
ONLY Herndon's "Recollections' were
-ln,ed There are also the manuscript
y; Lannon's "Recoliections OF Lincoln" In
,yo volumes OF which only the FIRST was
,ubtlshed foriy-four pages OF Lincoln's
,o,.s on law cases Linco'n's letter to his
fa,her and brother. written In ls4S:
cane presented to the martyred President:
autograph letters OF Lincoln and more
nan 2. 900 autograph letters to him from
.hs hest known men of his time.
All these treasures will 20 to join the
y dwight Church books, Beverly Chew's
yhrary the prizes of the Hoe sale and
he Duke of Devonshire's Shakespeariana
and Caxtons In Mr.. Huntington's library.
A his Fifth avenue house They Will
make a total of nearly 100000 worth OF
ncoks and Observation-Disclosures 900 Ia the
.xact fgure-that Mr.. Huntington has ac-
CURED mostly thoue" N'As' S'""s"' SIS sAS
last Ave years.
In the purchase is a letter written by
lincoln TO Iamon In 1860, referring to
A motion 10 quash an Indictment. 1t con-
cludes:
m after all, the indictment shall be
,uashed II will prove that my forte 10
a statesman rather than prosecutor
Lincoln wrote to Representative j. M.
tucas in 1919: II regret that the cleo
.,ons In the States have gone so badly:
M, | think there Is some reason for hop
,nr that this year has been the Admins
,ration's darkest hour"
Honest Abe could see no use in third
marty tactics. He wrote to Mr.. Lamon
n 1858
''rwo or three days ago learned that
Mclean had appointed delegates In favor
q, I,oyeioy, and thenceforward I have
considered his denomination hxed fact.
This related to Congress electons.1 My
cpinion-if my opinion is OF any conse-
gv-nce in this case. in which II IL no
business OF mine to interfere-remalns I'M
changed. that running an independent
candidate against Lovejoy will not do;
that 1t will result In nothing but disaster
all around
'Tn the FIRST place whoever 30 runs vii
BE- beaten and will be spotted for life.
IN the second place while the race is In
progress he will he under the strongest
temptation to trade with the Democrats
and 20 favor the election of certain OF
their friends to the Legislature: thirdly.
shall be held responsible for 1t. and
Republican members of the Legislature
who are partial to Lovejoy will for that
purpose oppose us: and lastly. 1t will In
he end lose US the district altogether.
There Is no safe way but conven-
ton. As TO the inclination Of
some Rerublicans to favor Douglas. that
IS one Of the chances have to run and
which l intend to run with patience"
There is a long letter. written entirely
by Lincoln, relating to the Antetam
episode 1t had been charged that two
days after the battle OF Antietam the
President. Gen. Mcclellan and Lamon
were driving across the field. when Lin
ao'n asked Lamon to sing a ribald song
Of the day. or course this wasn't true.
Lamon wrote a fiery denial. breathing
vengeance on anybody who dared retail
III story. and took It to the President
Lincoln read it and then said:
40, Iamon. I would not publish this
reply. !. is too belligerent In tone for 80
grave = matter. Let me try my hand
NJ"
He wrote out a long. calm statement
a. the facts-ti', singing had been six
teen d7"s after The battle and not on the
battlefield at a,l--which I.amon copied
ard signed Lncoln's draft answer IL in
the collection Mr.. Huntington has bought
Autograph letters 10 Lin In included
= the collection are from Henry Ward
Beecher. Gen. Butler. Secretary Chase.
Roscoe Conk.lng. Senator shelby NJ. Gull
ON, stephen A. Douglas. Samuel c. Fes-
senden. Gen. John {. Frercnt. President
James 4. Garfield. Horace Greeley. John
Hay. Robert g. ingersoll. President An
irsw Jackson, William II. Seward, Gen.
sherman, Chief Justice fancy and Thur
.ow Weed
A letter OF Mrs. Lincoln to Mr.. Lamon
asking him to use his influence with her
husband regarding a political appoint
neut and the flag flown at the White
House while Lincoln was President are
other Items OF the big collection.