CURTAIN
PERSONS OF THE PLAY
| Abraham Lincoln | The President. |
| Mrs. Lincoln | His Wife. |
| Colonel Nicolay | His Secretary. |
| Edward | The Doorman. |
| Edwin M. Stanton | Secretary of War. |
| Gen. Geo. B. McClellan | Lincoln's Rival. |
| Captain Vaughan | Of the U. S. Army. |
| Betty Winter | His Sweetheart. |
| Thaddeus Stevens | Leader of Congress. |
| Henry Raymond | Editor of the New York Times. |
| John R. Gilmore | Of the New York Tribune. |
| Colonel Jacquess | A Methodist Clergyman. |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. |
| Judah P. Benjamin | His Secretary of State. |
| Judge Robert Ould | Commissioner of Exchange. |
| Robert E. Lee | Commanding General. |
| A Sister | Who begs for her brother's life. |
| A Congressman | Who demands a hearing. |
| A Little Girl | From Virginia. |
| A Mother | With a baby. |
| A Woman | Who has lost two sons. |
| A Telegraph Operator | In the White House. |
| A Doorman | At Richmond. |
| Committeemen, Soldiers and Guards. | |
ACT I
Set Scene: The President's room in the White House, August 23, 1864. A flat desk left center. At right a long table and chairs. Doors open right and left. Large windows open center. Beside the center window stands an upright desk. In one corner a rack with map rollers and folios of maps on the floor and leaning against the wall.
At Rise: Colonel Nicolay, the President's Secretary, is seen writing before an enormous pile of mail. He reads a letter and throws it down in disgust. Reads another and hurls it into the waste basket. He rises—turns back to the desk and hurls an armful of the letters into the corner on the floor and removes enough letters to clear a space for his Chief to write.
[Edward enters dragging a mail bag.]
Nicolay