My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion . menseweight. Untold treasure is in its hands. It is doingthe very best it can. Do not badger us. Keepsilence, and we will get you safe across. CHAPTEK XXX. MY LAST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN — SCENESAT HIS RECEPTIONS —HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE HUMOR —HISASSASSINATION —A NATION IN TEARS. Chicago projects a second mammoth Sanitary Fair — Attendance of Presidentand Mrs. Lincoln solicited— His comic
My story of the war: a woman's narrative of four years personal experience as nurse in the Union army, and in relief work at home, in hospitals, camps, and at the front, during the war of the rebellion . menseweight. Untold treasure is in its hands. It is doingthe very best it can. Do not badger us. Keepsilence, and we will get you safe across. CHAPTEK XXX. MY LAST INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN — SCENESAT HIS RECEPTIONS —HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE HUMOR —HISASSASSINATION —A NATION IN TEARS. Chicago projects a second mammoth Sanitary Fair — Attendance of Presidentand Mrs. Lincoln solicited— His comical Narration of his Experiences atthe Philadelphia Fair — I couldnt stand another big Fair — A humor-ous Inducement — Both promise Attendance — Mrs. Lincolns Reception— The Presidents Manner of Receiving— Crowds in Attendance — Lovefor Children— Stop, my little Man — You expect to be Presidentsometime — An unexpected Reply— The Humble welcomed — Loveuniversally manifested for him — The Remains of the martyred Presidentare received in Chicago — The unfeigned Grief of the Northwest — TheBody lies in State at the Court House— All is well with him forever !. (HEN the second mammoth Sanitary FairAvas planned in Chicago, my friend and myself were again despatchedto Washington, New York, Philadelphia,Boston, and other cities, to seek attrac-tions for it; and this time to solicit the atten-dance of President and Mrs. Lincoln, Generals Grantand Sherman, with their wives, and other notables. Once more, and for the last time, we were admittedto the well-known audience-chamber, and to an inter-view with the good President. He was already ap-prised of this second fair, and told us laughingly, aswe entered the room, that he supposed he knew 678 jostled and pulled about. 579 what we had come for. This time, ladies, I under-stand you have come for me. We confessed thatno less an ambition was ours than to secure thePresident of the United Sta
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