Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln : by distinguished men of his time . e Baltimore Convention, andthe box was not opened till it reached my studio inNew York. The portrait was finished ; and Mr. Lincoln hadtaken great interest in its progress and had ex-pressed himself as pleased with the result. He said, It will give the people of the East a correct ideahow I look at home, and, in fact, how I look in myoffice. I think the picture has a somewhat pleas-anter expression than I usually have, but that, per-haps, is not an objection. Mrs. Lincoln was to have come to the office tosee the portrait, bu
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln : by distinguished men of his time . e Baltimore Convention, andthe box was not opened till it reached my studio inNew York. The portrait was finished ; and Mr. Lincoln hadtaken great interest in its progress and had ex-pressed himself as pleased with the result. He said, It will give the people of the East a correct ideahow I look at home, and, in fact, how I look in myoffice. I think the picture has a somewhat pleas-anter expression than I usually have, but that, per-haps, is not an objection. Mrs. Lincoln was to have come to the office tosee the portrait, but on the day appointed it wasvery rainy, so I had it taken to the house. It wascarried to the drawing-room, where I put it in aproper light to be seen, and placed a chair for Sitting down before it, she said, Yes,that is Mr. Lincoln. It is exactly like him, and hisfriends in New York will see him as he looks hereat home. How I wish I could keep it, or have acopy of it. The residence of Mr. Lincoln in Springfield was a - I I I I I. I I TD nil IVI. A. AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY THOMAS HICKS. BV THOMAS HICKS. 603 two-Story wooden house, with an extension at therear, and was painted in quiet, neutral tints. Itstood in the angle of two streets in the suburbs ofthe town, with a yard on each side of it, with shadetrees. There was an air of domesticity about itwhich suggested a peaceful and happy home. Mr. Lincoln had a large number of acquaintanceswith whom he was more or less intimate, men whorespected him and whom he respected. Sut the oneman, in those days, who was always with him, withwhom he advised, in whom he confided, with whomhe talked over the Constitution of the United Statesin its relations to slavery, the condition of the South,and the mutterings of the slave-owners, whose viewsaccorded with his own, whom he held by the hand asa brother, was O. H. Browning, of Quincy. Thefuture President cracked his jokes and told inimit-able stories, by way of
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