The diary of Orville H. Browning, a new source for Lincoln's presidency
a lecture delivered before the Chicago historical society, March 29, 1923
by Pease, Theodore Calvin
Browning was a Whig politician and lawyer in Illinois. He was also a friend of Abraham Lincoln, who went to Washington as a member of Lincoln’s cabinet. He maintained a diary, from which this book was compiled by two history professors from the University of Illinois.
In 1850 Browning worked as a lawyer in Quincy, ILL. Diary entries in the early 1850s (1851 is missing) were often brief references to his work “attending court”, travel details as he rode the court circuit (like Lincoln), or weather updates. There are occasional finely detailed entries describing personal or political events of interest. Notes by the editors fill in details about many of the persons or events that Browning mentions in passing.
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The diary of Orville H. Browning, a new source for Lincoln's presidency: a lecture delivered before the Chicago historical society, March 29, 1923
1924, The University of Chicago Press
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