Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day / Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
BEING NARRATIVES OF THE LIVES AND DEEDS OF Statesmen, Generals, and Orators. INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES OF
LINCOLN, GRANT, GARRISON, SUMNER, CHASE, WILSON, GREELEY, FARRAGUT, ANDREW, COLFAX, STANTON, DOUGLASS, BUCKINGHAM, SHERMAN, SHERIDAN, HOWARD, PHILLIPS AND BEECHER.
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.
BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHTEEN STEEL PORTRAITS.
PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY. HARTFORD PUBLISHING CO., HARTFORD, CONN. J. D. DENISON, NEW YORK; J. A. STODDARD, CHICAGO, ILL. 1868
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut.
Electrotyped by LOCKWOOD & MANDEVILLE, HARTFORD, CONN.
DEDICATION. To the Young Men Of America, THESE RECORDS OF THEIR ELDER BRETHREN IN THE REPUBLIC, ARE INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.
In these sketches of some of the leading public men of our times, the editor professes to give such particulars of their lives, and such only, as the public have a right to know.