| Description |
1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-369) and index. |
| Summary |
On 18 April 1861, assistant presidential secretary John Hay recorded in his diary the report of several women that ""some young Virginian long haired swaggering chivalrous of course. . . and half a dozen others including a daredevil guerrilla from Richmond named Ficklin would do a thing within forty eight hours that would ring through the world.""The women feared that the Virginian planned either to assassinate or to capture the president. Calling this a ""harrowing communication, "" Hay continued his entry: ""They went away and I went to the bedside of the Chief couché. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Diaries.
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Hay, John, 1838-1905. |
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Diaries.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Friends and associates.
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Friends and associates. |
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Hay, John, 1838-1905. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Statesmen -- United States -- Diaries.
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Statesmen. |
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United States. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Personal narratives.
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Diaries.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Burlingame, Michael, 1941-
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Ettlinger, John R. T.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hay, John, 1838-1905. Inside Lincoln's White House. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1999, ©1997 0809322625 (DLC) 96047791 (OCoLC)35830541 |
| ISBN |
0585106584 (electronic book) |
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9780585106588 (electronic book) |
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9780809322626 |
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0809322625 |
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9780809383108 |
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0809383101 |
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9780809320998 (alkaline paper) |
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0809320991 (alkaline paper) |
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0809322625 (paperback) |
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0809320991 (alkaline paper) |
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