Lincoln's White House secretary : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard

Lincoln's White House secretary : the adventurous life of William O. Stoddard / edited by Harold Holzer.

William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's "third secretary" who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as "...

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Main Author: Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925
Other Authors: Holzer, Harold
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Friends and associates.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925 > Homes and haunts > New York (State)
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
Stoddard, William O., > 1835-1925
Stoddard, William Osborn.
1861-1865
Presidents > United States > Staff > Biography.
Secretaries > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Friendship
Homes
Journalists
Politics and government
Presidents > Staff
Secretaries
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
New York (State)
United States
Washington (D.C.)
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
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Summary:William Osborn Stoddard, Lincoln's "third secretary" who worked alongside John G. Nicolay and John Hay in the White House from 1861 to 1865, completed his autobiography in 1907, one of more than one hundred books he wrote. An abridged version was published by his son in 1955 as "Lincoln's Third Secretary: The Memoirs of William O. Stoddard." In this new, edited version, Lincoln's White House Secretary: The Adventurous Life of William O. Stoddard, Harold Holzer provides an introduction, afterword, and annotations and includes comments by Stoddard's granddaughter, Eleanor.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 405 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-398) and index.
ISBN:9780809387540
0809387549
1280697660
9781280697661
9786613674623
6613674621
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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