The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/Volume II

by James Grant Wilson (editor)

From a photograph by Gardner.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
Martin Van Buren
By James C. Welling	1
William Henry Harrison
By Arthur E. Bostwick	29
John Tyler
By John Fiske	49
James K. Polk
By George Bancroft	89
Zachary Taylor
By Jefferson Davis	121
Millard Fillmore
By James Grant Wilson	145
Franklin Pierce
By Bainbridge Wadleigh	175
James Buchanan
By George Ticknor Curtis	203
Abraham Lincoln
By John Hay	245

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ABRAHAM LINCOLN  From a photograph by Gardner

Frontispiece

Facing Page

MARTIN VAN BUREN  From a photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

4

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM MARTIN VAN BUREN TO FITZ-GREENE HALLECK

18

LINDENWALD, KINDERHOOK, N. Y., THE HOME OF MARTIN VAN BUREN

24

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON  From a portrait in the possession of Bettie Harrison Eaton, North Bend, Ohio

32

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON TO DAVID K. ESTE

40

JOHN TYLER  From a photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

52

SHERWOOD FOREST, GREENE CO., VA., THE HOME OF JOHN TYLER

64

FAC-SIMILE OF LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM JOHN TYLER TO DAVID S. GARDINER

80

JAMES K. POLK
 From a photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

92

FAC-SIMILE OF LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM JAMES KNOX POLK TO MRS. SARAH C. POLK

102

POLK PLACE, NASHVILLE, TENN., THE HOME AND TOMB OF JAMES K. POLK

106

ZACHARY TAYLOR  From a photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

124

FAC-SIMILE OF LAST PAGE OF LETTER FROM ZACHARY TAYLOR TO JOHN J. CRITTENDEN

 134

HOME OF ZACHARY TAYLOR, NEAR LOUISVILLE, KY.

 138

MILLARD FILLMORE  From a photograph by Baker, Buffalo, N. Y

148

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM MILLARD FILLMORE TO JAMES GRANT WILSON

164

HOME OF MILLARD FILLMORE, NIAGARA SQUARE, BUFFALO, N. Y., AS IT APPEARS AT THE PRESENT TIME

170

FRANKLIN PIERCE  From a painting by G. P. A. Healy in the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D. C

178

BIRTHPLACE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE, AT HILLSBOROUGH, N. H.

182

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM FRANKLIN PIERCE TO WILLIAM L. MARCY

188

JAMES BUCHANAN  From a photograph by Brady, Washington, D. C.

206

WHEATLAND, NEAR LANCASTER, PA., THE HOME OF JAMES BUCHANAN

222

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM JAMES BUCHANAN TO AARON V. BROWN

238

STATUE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN JACKSON PARK, CHICAGO, ILL.  Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Sculptor

248

HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SPRINGFIELD, ILL.

252

FAC-SIMILE OF THE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG

280

FAC-SIMILE LETTER FROM ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO JOHN S. STUART

288

THE PROPOSED LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WASHINGTON, D. C. EASTERN FACADE FACING WASHINGTON MONUMENT  Henry Bacon, Architect

300

PORTRAITS OF THE LADIES OF THE WHITE HOUSE FROM 1837 TO 1865

End of Volume

THE PRESIDENTS
OF THE UNITED STATES

1789-1914

BY

JOHN FISKE, CARL SCHURZ, ROBERT C. WINTHROP, GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS, GEORGE BANCROFT, JOHN HAY, AND MANY OTHERS

EDITED BY

JAMES GRANT WILSON

ILLUSTRATED

Volume II

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1914