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.

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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DEDICATION.
To the Young Men Of America,
THESE RECORDS
OF THEIR ELDER BRETHREN IN THE REPUBLIC,
ARE INSCRIBED
BY THE AUTHOR.

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[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]

		PAGE.
1.	President Lincoln,	[FRONTISPIECE].
2.	Gen. U. S. Grant,	[111]
3.	William L. Garrison,	[154]
4.	Charles Sumner,	[214]
5.	Salmon P. Chase,	[241]
6.	Henry Wilson,	[269]
7.	Horace Greeley,	[293]
8.	Com. D. G. Farragut,	[311]
9.	Gov. John A. Andrew,	[325]
10.	Schuyler Colfax,	[347]
11.	E. M. Stanton,	[363]
12.	Frederick Douglass,	[380]
13.	Gen. P. H. Sheridan,	[405]
14.	Gen. W. T. Sherman,	[423]
15.	Gen. Oliver O. Howard,	[447]
16.	Gov. Wm. A. Buckingham,	[463]
17.	Wendell Phillips,	[483]
18.	Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,	[505]

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[PREFACE.]

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.