The New York times
Subtitle: Magazine section, Sunday, February 11, 1917
Contributors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Published: 1917
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Travel; Family
Notes: Henry B. Rankin (1837-1927) was the author of "Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln" and "Intimate Sketches of Abraham" among other works. Henry was a student in the law office of Lincoln & Herndon in Springfield, Illinois, from December, 1856 to February, 1861. He abandoned law at the outset of the Civil War and engaged in farming, banking and investing.
Table of contents: title: Little known letters of Abraham Lincoln to his father and his impecunious step-brother : documents owned by W.K. Bixby of St. Louis give new light on Lincoln.; title: Abraham Lincoln's first visit to new York City intimately described : unattended and unimpressive, he came to this city to deliver an address at Cooper Union that changed the history of this country / by Henry B. Rankin.; title: Lincoln greater each passing year : he is today the source to which statesmen of all lands look for understanding of democracy / by Ida M. Tarbell.; title: An unpublished Lincoln portrait : painted just after Lincoln's death by his friend Joseph Ames.