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 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 
 Words from many sources 
 commendatory of its work; 
 and especially of the plan to 
 purchase the house in which 
 President Lincoln died. 
 
T 
 
 3Jlic J>Xcmotlal ^association 
 
 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 Incorporated under the Laws of the District, March 18, 1892. 
 
 This Association has been organized for the threefold purpose — 
 
 1. Of preserving the most noteworthy houses at the Capital that have 
 been made historic by the residence of the nation's greatest men. 
 
 2. Of suitably marking, by tablets or otherwise, tli(! houses and places 
 throughout the city of chief interest to our own residents and to the 
 multitudes of Americans and foreigners who annually visit the Capital. 
 
 3. Of thus cultivating that historic spirit and that reverence for the 
 memories of the founders and leaders of the Republic uiwu which an 
 intelligent and abiding patriotism so largely depends. 
 
 Q)fficer« of tlj« 3l$*octrtttc>n. 
 
 MELVILLE W. FULLER, MYRON M. PARKER, 
 
 President. Secretary. 
 
 TEUNIS S. HAMLIN, JAMES E. FITCH, 
 
 Vice-President. Treasurer. 
 
 2;itettxbcv*« of tlye 5t*»ocirttioit, 
 
 APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
 SENATE, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. 
 
 Melville W. Fuller. J. C. Bancroft Davis. Myron M. Parker. 
 
 John M. Schofield. Walter S. Cox. Gardiner G. Hubbard. 
 
 John W. Foster. S. H. Kauffmann. W. D. Davidge. 
 
 B. H. Warder. A, R. Spofford. S. R. Franklin. 
 
 S. P. Lanoley. John Hay. Charles C. Glover. 
 
 A. B. Hagner. J. W. Douglass. Teunis S. Hamlin. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 OFFICIAL PERSONAGES. 
 
 Hon. a. E. STEVENSON, 
 Vice-President. 
 
 Hon. LEVI P. MORTON, 
 
 Ex-Vice-President. 
 
 Hon. W. H. H. MILLER, 
 
 Ex-Attornej-General. 
 
 Hon. JOHN W. NOBLE, 
 
 Ex-Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 Hon. HENRY L. DAWES, 
 
 Ex-Senator from Mass. 
 
 Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP (Mass). 
 
 Ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 Hon. ABRAM S. HEWITT (New York) 
 
 Ex-Representative in Congress. 
 Ex-Maj'or of New York. 
 
 Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, 
 
 Minister to Russia. 
 
 Hon. WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, 
 Ex-Minister to Germany. 
 
 Hon. carter H. HARRISON, 
 
 Late Mayor of Chicago. 
 
 Hon. THOMAS M. COOLEY, 
 
 Interstate Cominerce Commissioner. 
 
GOVERNORS OF STATES. 
 
 Hox. WM. M. FISHBACK, 
 Hon. DAVIS H. WAITE, 
 Hon. ROBERT T REYNOLDS, 
 Hon. WILLIAM J. McCONNELL, 
 Hon. JOHN P. ALTGELD, 
 Hon CLAUDE MATTHEWS, 
 Hon. WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, 
 Hon. JOHN T. RICH, . 
 Hon. J. E. RICHARDS, . 
 Hon. WILLIAM J. STONE, . 
 Hon. L. CROUNSE, 
 Hon. JOHN B. SMITH, 
 Hon. ROSWELL K. COLCORD, 
 Hon. ROSWELL P. FLOWER . 
 Hon. WlLLIAxM McKINLEY, Jr. 
 Hon. ROBERT E. PATTISON, . 
 Hon. T. P. TILLMAN, 
 Hon. D. RUSSELL BROWN, 
 Hon. JOHN S. HOGG. 
 Hon. LEVI K. FULLER, 
 Hon. JOHN H. McGRAW, 
 Hon. WILLIAM A. McCORKLE, 
 Hon. JOHN E. OSBORNE, 
 
 Arkansas 
 
 Colorado 
 
 Delaware 
 
 Idaho 
 
 . Illinois 
 
 Indiana 
 
 Mass. 
 
 Michis^an 
 
 Montana 
 
 Missouri 
 
 Nebraska 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 Nevada 
 
 New York 
 
 Ohio 
 
 Penn. 
 
 S. Carolina 
 
 Rhode Island 
 
 Texas 
 
 Vermont 
 
 Washini^ton 
 
 . West Va. 
 
 Wyoming 
 
 CLERGYMEN, EDUCATORS AND 
 OTHERS. 
 
 California. 
 
 BISHOP NICHOLS 
 DAVID S. JORDAN, 
 
 President Leland Stanford, Junior, University 
 
 CHARLES J. SWIFT. 
 
 Counecticiit. 
 
 BISHOP WILLIAMS. 
 
Delaware. 
 
 BISHOP COLEMAN. 
 JAMES P. WINCHESTER. 
 
 President First National Bank, Wilmington. 
 
 Colorado. 
 BISHOP WARREN. 
 DONALD FLETCHER (Denver). 
 
 District of Columbia. 
 
 BISHOP HURST. 
 BISHOP KEANE. 
 FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 
 J. E. RANKIN, D. D., 
 
 President Howard University. 
 
 B. H. WARNER, 
 
 President Washington Loan and Trust Co. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 DAILY POST. 
 EVENING STAR. 
 
 Georgia. 
 BISHOP NELSON. 
 BISHOP HAYGOOD. 
 
 initio is. 
 
 BISHOP MERRILL. 
 JOHN HENRY BARROWS, D. D. 
 HERRICK JOHNSON, D. D. 
 Hon. E. S. LACEY, 
 
 Late Comptroller of the Currency. 
 
 lozva. 
 BISHOP PERRY. 
 O. L. F. BROWN, Esq., 
 
 Secretary Commercial Exchange, Des Moines. 
 
 I 71 di a 71 a. 
 BISHOP KNICKERBACKER, 
 
Newspapers. 
 INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. 
 
 Kansas. 
 E. N. MORRILL, 
 
 President First National Bank, Leavenworth. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 
 WYANDOTTE HERALD, 
 KANSAS CITY JOURNAL. 
 
 KeJiiucky. 
 T. T. EATON, D. D. 
 BISHOP DUDLEY. 
 
 Louisiana. 
 N. BALDWIN, 
 
 President N. O. National Bank. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 
 PICAYUNE (New Orleans). 
 TIMES-DEMOCRAT (New Orleans;. 
 
 Maine. 
 
 WILLIAM De W. HYDE, 
 
 President Bowdoin College. 
 
 Hon. CHARLES F. LIBBY, 
 
 President Maine Bar Association. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 KENNEBEC JOURNAL. 
 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 A. J. GORDON, D. D. (Boston). 
 BISHOP LAWRENCE. 
 MERRILL E. GATES, 
 
 President Amherst College. 
 
 JUSTIN WINSOR, (Cambridge). 
 ALBERT CLARKK, 
 
 Secretary Home Market Club, Boston. 
 
 Dr. O. W. holmes (Boston). 
 
Newspapers. 
 THE DAILY GLOBE (Boston). 
 THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT (Boston). 
 THE DAILY TRAVELLER (Boston). 
 THE CONGREGATIONALIST (Boston). 
 
 Maryland. 
 
 CARDINAL GIBBONS. 
 
 F. M ELLIS, D. D. (Baltimore). 
 
 BISHOP PARET, 
 
 D. C. GILMAN, 
 
 Johns Hopkins. 
 
 JOSEPH PACKARD. 
 
 Newspapers 
 
 BALTIMORE NEWS. 
 BALTIMORE SUN. 
 
 Michigan. 
 BISHOP DAVIS. 
 BISHOP NINDE. 
 JAMES B. ANGELL, 
 
 President University of Michigan. 
 
 Minnesota. 
 
 BISHOP WHIPPLE. 
 BISHOP FOWLER. 
 CYRUS NORTHROP, 
 
 President University of Minnesota. 
 
 CHARLES E. FLANDRAU. 
 
 Missouri. 
 F. A. McWILLIE. 
 BISHOP LUTTLE. 
 BISHOP BOWMAN. 
 R. H. JESSE, 
 
 President University of Missouri. 
 
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 Nebraska. 
 
 THE DAILY BEE (Omaha). 
 THE WORLD- HERALD (Omaha). 
 
 Nexv Hampshire. 
 
 WILLIAM J. TUCKER, 
 
 President Dartnioulh College. 
 
 NcM yersey. 
 BISHOP SCARBOROUGH. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 THE CHRONICLE (Orange). 
 
 New I'ork. 
 
 LYMAN ABBOTT, D. D. 
 
 MORGAN DIX, D. D. 
 
 ROBERT COLLYER. 
 
 CHARLES H. PARKHURST, D. D. 
 
 THOMAS A. HASTINGS, D. D., 
 
 Union Theological Seminary. 
 
 R. S. McARTHUR, D. D 
 
 PHILLIP SCHAFF, D. D. 
 
 JOHN HALL, D. D. 
 
 BISHOP POTTER. 
 
 BISHOP FITZGERALD. 
 
 BISHOP LITTLEJOHN (Long Island). 
 
 BISHOP VINCENT. 
 
 BISHOP HUNTINGTON. 
 
 BISHOP MALLALIEU (Buffalo). 
 
 J. G. SCHURMAN, 
 
 President Cornell University. 
 
 Hon. J. NEWTON FIERO, 
 
 President New York Bar Association. 
 
 C. N. SIMS, 
 
 Syracuse University. 
 
 ALEXANDER WEBB, 
 
 College of the City of New York. 
 
GEORGE CLINTON, 
 
 President Mercantile Exchange, Buffalo 
 
 H. H. Mccracken, 
 
 University of the City of New York. 
 
 JOHN CROSBY BROWN. 
 WILLIAM E. DODGE. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 DAILY TRIBUNE (Nkw Yokk) 
 DAILY MAIL AND EXPRESS (New York). 
 ALBANY EVENING JOURNAL. 
 
 Ohio. 
 ARCHBISHOP ELDER. 
 BISHOP LEONARD. 
 WILLIAM G. BALLANTYNE, 
 
 President Oberlin College. 
 WILLIAM C. SPROUL, 
 
 Dean University of Cincinnati. 
 SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL, 
 
 President of the University of Wooster. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 COMMERCIALGAZETTE (Cincinnati). 
 
 Pen nsylvii n ia . 
 GEORGE DANA BOARDMAN, D. D., Pii. D. 
 
 I. D. MOFFAT, 
 
 President Washington and Jefferson College. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 THE TIMES (Pittsburgh). 
 
 Rhode Island. 
 BISHOP CLARK, 
 E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, 
 Brow^n University. 
 
 South Carolina. 
 CHARLES S VEDDER, D. D (Charleston). 
 B. F. WHITNER, 
 
 President Bar Association of S. C 
 JAMES WOODWARD, 
 
 President South Carolina College. 
 
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 Tennessee. 
 BISHOP QUINTARD. 
 
 Texas. 
 BISHOP GARRETT. 
 
 Newspapers. 
 THE DAILY POST (Houston). 
 
 Wisconsin. 
 
 ARCHBISHOP KATZER (Milwaukee). 
 C. K. ADAMS, 
 
 President University of Wisconsin. 
 
 Vermont. 
 Newspapers. 
 THE FREE PRESS (Burlington.) 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 J. C. CRANBERRY. 
 
 R. S BARTON (Winchester). 
 
 Mewspapers, 
 THE JEFFERSONIAN (Piedmont). 
 
 West Virginia. 
 THE STATE JOURNAL (Parkersburg). 
 
^be flDcmorial aeeociation 
 
 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 From Vice-President A. E. STEVENSON: 
 
 " I need hardly assure you that I am in full sym- 
 pathy with the action outlined by the Memorial 
 Association. The plan you suggest of purchasing 
 the house in which President Lincoln died meets 
 w^ith my heartiest approval. I trust early and 
 favorable action looking to that end will be taken 
 by Congress." 
 
 From Ex-Vice-President LEVI P. MORTON : 
 
 "I am in hearty sympathy with the disinterested 
 and public-spirited purposes of the Memorial Asso- 
 ciation, and look forward with confidence to an 
 appropriation by Congress at its next session for 
 the purchase of the house in which President Lin- 
 coln died." 
 
 From W. H. H. MILLER, Ex-Attorney Gen- 
 eral : 
 
 " The purpose of the Memorial Association is 
 most commendable. The places associated with 
 memorable events where heroic actions have been 
 performed, where the world's really great and good 
 
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 ineii ha\c li\ccl aiul tlicd, have associalions full 
 of inspiration. To mark such places and preserve 
 their hallowed memories is to render a service to 
 the country and to posteritv of inestimable value. 
 Your w^ork deserves, and I trust will receive, pub- 
 lic favor." 
 
 From JOHN W. NOBLE, Ex-Secretary of the 
 Interior : 
 
 " The work proposed to be done by the Memo- 
 rial Association is most worthy and patriotic and 
 cannot but add many important facts to history and 
 increase greatly the interest we all feel in the city 
 of Washington." 
 
 From the Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP, 
 
 of Massachusetts : 
 
 '' The Memorial x^ssociation of the District of 
 Columbia is engaged in a most interesting work, 
 and is entitled to the sympathy and support of all 
 patriotic citizens." 
 
 From the Hon. ABRAM S. HEWITT, of 
 New York : 
 
 '-'• T think that your effort is most commendable, 
 and I shall be very glad, indeed, to learn that the 
 house where President Lincoln dTed has become 
 public property, so that our descendants may resort 
 to it for patriotic inspiration.'' 
 
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 From the late CARTER H. HARRISON, 
 Mayor of Chicago : 
 
 " I am in receipt of your favor of September 
 27th, relative to the Congressional appropriation 
 for the purchase of the house in which President 
 Lincoln died. 
 
 " I cheerfully commend the movement inaugu- 
 rated by your Association, and hope the project 
 will be consummated speedily. 
 
 " Such spots, even though they mark the saddest 
 events in our history, should be kept sacred for all 
 time.'' 
 
 From the Hon. ANDREW D. WHITE, Ex- 
 President of Cornell University, and late ]Minister 
 to Germanv, and now Minister to Russia : 
 
 " All the things planned seem to me exceedinglv 
 valuable, but the proposal to urge upon Congress 
 the purchase of the house in which Abraham Lin- 
 coln died strikes me as perhaps the best part of 
 your plan. Should that be done it would be a 
 place of pilgrimage from all parts of the world and 
 for manv centuries." 
 
 From the Hon. THOMAS M. COOLEY, Ex- 
 Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission : 
 
 "I approve fully of the purposes for which the 
 Memorial Association of the District of Columbia 
 is organized, and shall be glad to see them given 
 effect."* 
 
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 From the Hon. HENRY L. DAWES, Ex- 
 Senator from Massachusetts : 
 
 " I am ghid to see the earnestness with which 
 your society has entered upon this work, and hope 
 from its researches rich results." 
 
 From Mr. JOHN CROSBY BROWN, of 
 New York : 
 
 " The object the Association has in view speaks 
 for itself and commends itself to all good citizens. 
 If I can be of any service to you I shall be most 
 happy." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM E. DODGE, of 
 New York : 
 
 I am greatly interested in the' patriotic and wise 
 plans of your Memorial Association. Nothing 
 could be more helpful than to keep constantly be- 
 fore the country the mementoes of the great and 
 good men who have made our nation famous and 
 given us a permanent and stable Government. The 
 remembrance of the life and work of our great 
 men will always be an inspiration to those who are 
 coming on to fill their places." 
 
 From the Hon. W^M. WALTER PHELPS, 
 late Minister to Germany : 
 
 "As I just now read the purpose for which you 
 had associated yourselves — the care for local asso- 
 
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 elation and the preservation of the old and famous 
 in our streets — I said, ' My interest in such things 
 was apologetic and timid, because I did not expect 
 sympathy ; and here are about all the prominent 
 men I know in Washington, who not only care for 
 such things, but have begun to \vork for them.' 
 You may imagine, then, the ardor with which I 
 hailed the mission of the Memorial Association." 
 
 From Mr. JUSTIN WINSOR, the historian, 
 of Cambridge, Mass. : 
 
 " The work the Association proposes is every 
 way commendable, and in it the patriotic and 
 historic sense are united in ends serviceable to the 
 moral and even material well-being of our people." 
 
 From Dr. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, 
 of Boston : 
 
 " I heartily sympathize with the Memorial As- 
 sociation in its proposed efforts to secure for pos- 
 terity those buildings and monuments which are 
 associated with the memory of the great citizens 
 of the Republic. Boston allowed the Hancock 
 House to be torn to pieces and sold for fire-wood, 
 to the great grief of many good Bostonians, but 
 she keeps Faneuil Hall and the old State House. 
 She would not know herself without them. I 
 hope Washington will look to us for a warning 
 and an example." 
 
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 From the Hon. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, 
 
 of Washing'ton : 
 
 " The idea of preservinj^ intact the house in 
 which Abraham Lincohi, our martyred President, 
 died is worthy of your action. 
 
 " Nothino". is too costly, either of money or of 
 effort, which tends to keep in memory the man by 
 whose wisdom and beneficence the Union of our 
 country was saf^ed and the emancipation of mil- 
 lions secured. I am ^lad to see that the measure 
 you contemplate is in worthy and able hands, and 
 I have no doubt it will be carried into effect." 
 
 From Mr. JOSEPH PACKARD, Jr., of Bal- 
 timore : 
 
 " It seems to me that it is both proper and timely 
 to take such action as your Association proposes. 
 Nowhere can it be more fitting to preserve the me- 
 morials of the past than in the city of Washington, 
 which touches so closely the history of our Federal 
 Government — a history which will draw deepen- 
 ing interest as our country grows and prospers. 
 I may add that your project has a peculiar interest 
 for citizens of the State of Maryland, which ceded 
 from her domain the territory which constitutes the 
 District as it now exists, and whose citizens were 
 prominent among the founders of the federal 
 city." 
 
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 From Mr. J. C. GRANBERY, of Ashland, 
 Virginia : 
 
 " I heartily approve the wise and patriotic pur- 
 poses of the Memorial Association, and trust that 
 it will meet -with popular favor.'' 
 
 FROM GOVERNORS OF STATES. 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM M. FISHBACK, 
 Governor of Arkansas : 
 
 " I regard your Association as a highly merito- 
 rious institution. Its aims are at once patriotic, 
 historic, and public spirited, and as such should be 
 encouraofed bv Cono^ress." 
 
 From the Hon. DAVIS H. WAITE, Gov- 
 ernor of Colorado : 
 
 " I take it the orood that comes from vour labors 
 will not be so much in the collection and preser- 
 vation of the mere material things which have be- 
 long-ed to grreat men as in the association of those 
 things with that clear conception of right which 
 has made great men really great. I hope your 
 Association will be of great service in cultivating 
 clear conceptions of human rights." 
 
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 From the Hon. ROBERT J. REYNOLDS, 
 
 Governor of Delaware : 
 
 "' 1 eertainly regard the aim and purpose of the 
 Alemorial iVssociation a eommendal/le one, and no 
 reasonable outlay of time or money I consider too 
 great to make your undertaking a success and a 
 permanent one." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM J. McCOXNELL, 
 Governor of Idaho : 
 
 " The orsranization of such an association was a 
 happy thought, and the fact that you have enlisted 
 in it such names as appear on your roll of officers 
 and members is a guarantee of the faithfulness with 
 which the work in hand will be prosecuted. 
 
 '' The preservation of those buildings which 
 have connected with them so many memories and 
 associations inclined to inspire the patriotism not 
 only of the present generation, but of generations 
 yet unborn, should, and no doubt will, receive the 
 approval and support of Congress at its next ses- 
 sion. The appropriation needed will be very small 
 in comparison with the universal interest which the 
 subject will command. I think I may congratu- 
 late you in advance upon the success of your very 
 commendable enterprise," 
 
 From the Hon. JOHN P. ALTGELD, Gov- 
 ernor of Illinois : 
 
 " The Memorial Association has my hearty ap- 
 proval and good wishes. The rescuing of the 
 
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 buildings that were associated with the memory of 
 many of our great men is not only patriotic, but is 
 a work \vhich this age owes to posterity." 
 
 From the Hon. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, 
 Governor of Indiana : 
 
 " The object of your Association impresses me 
 as one meriting encouragement from all. To pre- 
 serve the historical features of Washington, now 
 fast being obliterated or passing into decay, that 
 they may present lessons to the youth of our coun- 
 try is certainly a noble and high purpose. I trust 
 you may meet with every encouragement that will 
 insure the success of your undertaking." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM E. RUSSELL, 
 Governor of Massachusetts : 
 
 " I have read with much interest the statement 
 of your Memorial Association. It seems to me its 
 purposes are most commendable and patriotic, and 
 I heartly wish for it every success." 
 
 From the Hon. JOHN T. RICH, Governor 
 of Michig-an : 
 
 " The work you are doing is an important one 
 for the American people, especially for the gener- 
 ation yet to come, and I hope Congress will give 
 you such substantial aid as the cause for which vou 
 are at work merits." 
 
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 From the Hon. J. E. RICHARDS, Governor 
 of Montana : 
 
 " In no better way can a spirit of patriotism be 
 fostered and tlie threat deeds of the heroic dead 
 indeblilv impressed upon the pubHc mind. An ap- 
 propriation to purchase the liouse in which Lincohi | 
 died would, I believe, meet the hearty endorsement 
 of all wlio treasure the memorv of the great libera- 
 tor." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM J. STONE, Gov- 
 ernor of Missouri : 
 
 " I beg to express my warm appro\al of the 
 effort your Association is making to excite a greater 
 interest among our people in those things defined 
 by you as representing " the higher refinements of a 
 splendid civilization." It is painfully true that we 
 pay too little attention to art, literature, and the 
 like. We have not sufficientlv cultivated the g^en- 
 tier graces of civilization. I agree with you that 
 ' among those refinements none is more precious 
 than that \vorth\ pride in our best national traits 
 and achievements,' and that that pride is best stim- 
 ulated by an intimate acquaintance with the life 
 and work of oiu" greatest men. So believing, I can 
 onlv wish that vour efforts mav be crow ned with 
 the lar<rest measure of success." 
 
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 From the Hon. L. CROUNSE, Governor of 
 Nebraska : 
 
 "The work in which vour Association is eng-aofed, 
 in rescuing and preserving those landmarks of 
 American history, which must be so interesting 
 and vakiable in time to come, is most praiseworthy 
 and deserving of every encouragement." 
 
 From the Hon. JOHN B. SMITH, Governor 
 of New Hampshire : 
 
 "Your aims and purposes are, indeed, commend- 
 able. These old landmarks and historic homes 
 and buildings at the nation's capital are interesting 
 to the people of the whole country, especially any 
 house identified with Abraham Lincoln, who, to- 
 day, is in the hearts of all loyal people of the land 
 more than any other man of this century." 
 
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 From the Hon. ROSWELL K. COLCORD, 
 Governor of Nevada : 
 
 "The objects for which your Association w^as 
 organized are most worthy, and vs'ill meet the 
 highest commendation of all true Americans. You 
 have undertaken a noble and patriotic work, in 
 wdiich the wdiole nation is deeply interested, and 
 will pray that you may receive all necessary aid 
 from Congress. I herebv extend to vou my very 
 best wishes for the success of the enterprise." 
 
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 From the Hon. ROSWELL P. FLOWER, 
 Governor of New York : 
 
 " I wish your Association <2^reat success in its 
 efforts to preserve the historic buildings and hind- 
 marks of Washington. The capital of our country 
 is dear to every American, and its historic associa- 
 tions and traditions should be carefully cherished. 
 I congratulate you on the good work that has alread}^ 
 been accomplished by your Association, and hope 
 that success will continue to crown vour efforts." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLIAM McKINLEY, Jr., 
 Governor of Ohio : 
 
 " I take great pleasure in commending the work 
 of your Association. It appeals to the patriotism 
 and historic pride of all Americans, and I sincerely 
 trust that Congress can be interested in the matter." 
 
 From the Hon. ROBERT E. PATTISON, 
 Governor of Pennsylvania : 
 
 " I am pleased to express to you my commenda- 
 tion of the vt'ork upon which the Association has 
 entered, and sincerely hop'e that nothing mav inter- 
 vene to prevent an early realization of all that is 
 anticipated by the patriotic and progressive men 
 who have been enlisted in this good work." 
 
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 From the Hon. T. P. TILLMAN, Governor of 
 South Carolina : 
 
 "Permit me to say that I think the purpose 
 of your organization an admirable one, and that 
 you will deserve the thanks of the present and all 
 future generations if you shall succeed in carrying 
 out that purpose.'' 
 
 From the Hon. D. RUSSELL BROWN, Gov- 
 ernor of Rhode Island : 
 
 " The work of preserving and marking historic 
 houses and spots is a most laudable one, although 
 up to the present time greatly neglected, and it 
 must be a matter of gratification to those who sym- 
 pathize with it to find so many persons of experi- 
 ence and prominence engaged in the undertaking. 
 Any assistance I can render in my humble way 
 will be given with much pleasure." 
 
 From the Hon. J. S. HOGG, Governor of 
 Texas : 
 
 "I beg to express my best wishes for the success 
 of your efforts in taking care of and suitably mark- 
 ing the most noteworthy houses and places at the 
 capital that have been made historic by the resi- 
 dence of the nation's greatest men. Your patriotic 
 motive will, I feel sure, win success.' 
 
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 From the Hon. LEVI K. FULLER, Governor 
 of Vermont : 
 
 " I need not say that your object is a worthy one, 
 nor that I am heartily in sympathy with all move- 
 ments looking to the care and preservation of his- 
 toric houses, etc., in our country. Places associated 
 with the lives of those who have in a srreater or 
 less degree helped to make our nation what it is 
 to-day are and must continue to be sources of in- 
 spiration to the young and rising generation. I 
 therefore trust that the work of your Association 
 may long be successfully prosecuted." 
 
 From the Hox. JOHN H. McGRAW, Gov- 
 ernor of Washington : 
 
 "The object of your organization is most com- 
 mendable, and should receive substantial assistance 
 from ConsTress. Anvthing: that tends to awaken 
 and propagate the spirit of patriotism in our people 
 should be cherished and fostered." 
 
 From the Hon. WILLL\M A. McCORKLE, 
 Governor of West Virginia : 
 
 " I view with pleasure the work which you have 
 undertaken, and deem it one which commends it- 
 self to everv patriotic American. It is a dutv 
 which we owe to future generations to preserve for 
 them the historic places of the first century's 
 growth of the greatest government the world has 
 ever known." 
 
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 From the Hon. JOHN E. OSBORNE, Gov- 
 ernor of Wyoming : 
 
 " I am greatly pleased with the designs proposed. 
 The object is certainly a worthy one, and I sin- 
 cerely hope you will be able to secure the appro- 
 priation you seek." 
 
 FROM COLLEGE PRESIDENTS. 
 
 From D. C. OILMAN, of Johns Hopkins 
 University : . 
 
 " I have not the slightest hesitation iu commend- 
 ing the plans of your society. The name of your 
 president, the Chief Justice of the United States, 
 the ability of your associates, and the clear state- 
 ment of the object you have in view, afford ample 
 assurance of success. You have a capital idea, 
 supported by the best citizens of Washington, and 
 you will doubtless produce such an impression that 
 other cities throughout the land will follow your 
 example. Washington has already become one of 
 the most attractive capitals of the world. A slight 
 flavor of antiquity will be no disadvantage." 
 
 From WILLIAM O. SPROUL, Dean of the 
 LTniversitv of Cincinnati : 
 
 " I heartilv approve of the object of the Memo- 
 rial Association, and should like to see similar or- 
 
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 o-anizati()ns (perhaps as branches) established else- 
 where. It inspires the people with love of country, 
 and warms theni to deeds of patriotism to see, to 
 touch and to handle, objects that pertain to the 
 daily life of our great men, or which are closely 
 connected with our country's history." 
 
 From H. M. McCRACKEN, Chancellor of the 
 University of the City of New York : 
 
 " T most heartily applaud the aims of your asso- 
 ciation. Having made many a pilgrimage in for- 
 eign cities to find houses made famous by great 
 men who have dwelt in them, I have felt grateful 
 to those who have preserved them. I am sure that 
 large benefits may be conferred on all the gener- 
 ations that shall visit Washington by directing their 
 steps to the homes of the men who have dw^elt 
 there. I wish you the largest success in your 
 work." 
 
 From E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, President 
 of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island : 
 
 "Your plan seems to me a most excellent one, 
 and I can have no doubt that it will effect the ends 
 for which it has been devised." 
 
 From FRANKLIN CARTER, President of 
 Williams College : 
 
 "The purposes of the Memorial Association 
 commend themselves warmlv to an American who 
 
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 has pride in the history of the nation, and it seeiiis 
 to me nothing could be better suited to develop 
 patriotism and reverence than the attainment of 
 these endeavors. I earnestly hope that this feel- 
 ing will be general, and that the society will not 
 find it difficult to carry these purposes into effect.'' 
 
 From JAMES B. ANGELL, President of the 
 University of Michigan : 
 
 "It is with great interest that I have read the 
 announcement of the project of the Memorial Asso- 
 ciation. The traveller in Europe finds many of 
 the sites and the houses which have been made 
 memorable by the lives of great men set apart 
 and preserved with care. It is high time that we 
 began to imitate, their example. I have been es- 
 pecially struck with the need in Washington of the 
 work you are undertaking, as I have sought often 
 in vain to learn where some of our most eminent 
 statesmen dwelt in that city. It is a pious and 
 patriotic duty which you are discharging, and I 
 wish you all success in it." 
 
 From ALEXANDER S. WEBB, President of 
 the College of the City of New York : 
 
 " I cannot refrain from writing in commendation 
 of your work in preserving the most noteworthy 
 houses at the capital made historic by the residence 
 of the nation's greatest men. Yes, cultivate rever- 
 ence for such memories." 
 
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 From MEJII^IIJ. E. GATES, President of 
 Amherst C()llet»c : 
 
 " Tile awakenintr and deepenin"^ of historic con- 
 sciousness tends always and directly to the deepen- 
 injjj and intensifvin<>' of patriotism. I sincereh 
 hope that the objects of the Alemorial Association 
 will lie accomplished. The work should com- 
 mand the cordial support of all public-spirited 
 citizens." 
 
 From C K. ADAALS, President of the l^niver- 
 sitv of Wisconsin : 
 
 " I approve entirely of vour scheme. Ev'er\ 
 effort to preserve buildings of historical importance 
 oui^ht to receive the encouraj^ement of every per- 
 son havino- any interest in historv." 
 
 From JAMES WOODROW, President of the 
 South Carolina Colleije : 
 
 " I wish yom- Association the hi" best success in 
 the accomplishment of every part of your three- 
 fold purpose." 
 
 From DAVID S. JORDAN, President of the 
 Leland Stanford, Junior, University : 
 
 " I wish to express my entire sympathv with the 
 purposes of the Memorial Association, and I sin- 
 cerely hope that you n^iy be able to secure the funds 
 necessary for the purchase of the house in which 
 Lincoln died.'' 
 
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 From WILLIAM J. TUCKER, President of 
 Dartmouth College : 
 
 "The value of the work which you have taken 
 in hand cannot be overestimated. And it is timely. 
 The memorials which you seek to preserve can 
 now be secured, and they have already become his- 
 toric. It does not seem possible that your appeal 
 to the loval citizens of the countrv can fail." 
 
 From WILLIAM DeW. HYDE, President of 
 Bowdoin College : 
 
 "I thank you for calling my attention to the ef- 
 fort of the Memorial Association. It is a most 
 praiseworthy undertaking, and both in your general 
 purpose and also in your immediate endeavor to 
 secure the house in which President Lincoln died 
 I wish you success." 
 
 From WILLIAM G. BALLANTINE, Presi- 
 dent of Oberlin College : 
 
 " I am orratified to learn of the organization and 
 purposes of the Memorial Association. Its work 
 is one of which ever}^ true patriot must heartily ap 
 prove." 
 
 From CYRUS NORTHROP, President of the 
 University of Minnesota : 
 
 " The Memorial ^Association seems to me to have 
 a very noble purpose, and I hope it may be very 
 
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 successful. Our country is especially lacking in 
 places of old, historic interest, and it is very desir- 
 able that objects of historic interest should be pre- 
 served if possible.'' 
 
 From R. H. JESSE, President of the Uni- 
 versity of Missouri : 
 
 " I am in cordial sympathy with the aims of the 
 ^Vssociation, and wish you Godspeed in your 
 work." 
 
 From J. G. SCHURMAN, President of Cornell 
 University : 
 
 " Civilization means, above all things, a sense of 
 the historic past ; and I know of nothing more 
 important for our American civilization than that 
 the names of our great men should be held in 
 reverent and intelligent remembrance. Asa means 
 to this end the preservation and marking of the 
 houses in which our heroes lived is a most important 
 undertaking, and I wish the Memorial Association 
 all the success which its high object deserves." 
 
 From C. N. SIMS, late Chancellor of the 
 Syracuse University : 
 
 " I most heartily approve the objects of your 
 organization. The day will come when the nation 
 will hold as priceless the historic buildings which 
 your Association proposes to own and protect, and 
 the tablets by which it mav commemorate events 
 of historic interest." 
 
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 From J. D. MOFFAT, President of Washing- 
 ton and Jefferson College : 
 
 " Your good work has begun none too soon. 
 Places associated with the lives and services of our 
 great statesmen, warriors, and leaders become in 
 time one of the most effective agencies for the cul- 
 tivation of patriotism — a virtue that is apt to disap- 
 pear with excessive pursuit of wealth, unless kept 
 alive by historic places and celebrations. I trust 
 you w^ll be successful in this new enterprise." 
 
 From SYLVESTER F. SCOVEL, President 
 of the University of Wooster : 
 
 " I am delighted to find that this new method at 
 once of awakening and gratifying an interest in our 
 national past has been thought of and has been 
 committed to such able custody and undertaken in 
 so thoroughly a disinterested way. I sincerely 
 trust you will not only secure all the official appro- 
 priations necessarv, but be sustained and cheered in 
 vour noble work by a most uniform and pronounced 
 sympathv from all who are thoughtful enough 
 thoroughlv to appreciate how vital a nation's his- 
 tory is to its nobler future, and how^ essentially the 
 biography of that history w411 contain some of its 
 most striking elements, and how surely locality is 
 connected with biography." 
 
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 From J. E. RANKIN, President of Howard 
 University : 
 
 "Anvthino^ that can lie done by Americans to 
 mal<e memorial things sacred to their children ought 
 to be done. We are an irreverent people, and we 
 so emphasize the present that the past has little 
 charm for us. While the truth is, unless a nation 
 takes care of its past, it soon neglects its future. I 
 am heartily in sympathy with the Memorial Asso- 
 ciation.'' 
 
 FROM EMINENT CLERGYMEN. 
 
 From CARDINAL GIBBONS : 
 
 '^ The three-fold purpose for which your Asso- 
 ciation has been organized is worthy of the highest 
 commendation. Our patriotism and love of coun- 
 try should be second only to our devotion to and 
 love of God ; and it seems to me an Association 
 whose chief care is to preserve and to call constant 
 attention to the houses and places where the found- 
 ers and leaders of our glorious Republic have lived 
 and moved is well calculated to inspire these sen- 
 timents." 
 
 From BISHOP KEANE, Rector of the Catho- 
 lic University : 
 
 (At the opening of the Lincoln House.) ''The 
 longer I live and the more I love America, the 
 
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 more I thank God for the example of Lincohi. 
 The work of consecrating this edifice to his memory 
 is a noble one. We have not much history in this 
 countr}- of ours, but, brief as it is, it is high and 
 worth preserving. May God bless this work, in 
 which I pledge my heartiest co-operation." 
 
 From ARCHBISHOP ELDER, of Cincin- 
 nati : 
 
 "Your work of preserving and making perma- 
 nent the houses and places associated with the mem- 
 ory of those who have been benefactors of their 
 country is one efficacious means of perpetuating 
 this wholesome remembrance of the men and women 
 of whom we have reason to be proud. It will be 
 well if the example of your association at the capi- 
 tal of the country give an impulse to similar move- 
 ments elsewhere." 
 
 From ARCHBISHOP KATZER, of Milwau- 
 kee : 
 
 " I consider the object of your Association a 
 most happv and patriotic idea, which is in every 
 way commendable, and deserving the support of 
 the citizens of this great Republic." 
 
 From ARCHBISHOP GROSS, of Oregon : 
 
 " Having visited Rome, London and Paris, and 
 so many other capital cities of Europe, I can well 
 
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 testify to the care which is everywhere taken of 
 preserving the noteworthy houses, and of suitably 
 marking by tal^lets the houses and places of noble 
 memory elsewhere. I heartily approve the project 
 of similarly distinguishing the places and houses of 
 historic interest in the capital city of our country. 
 Nothing, in my opinion, will better serve to pro- 
 mote that reverence and love for our native land, 
 and her glorious Constitution and liberties, than 
 these silent memories of departed heroes and pa- 
 triots. 1 heartilv wish the Memorial Association 
 eminent success." 
 
 From JOHN HENRY BARROWS, D. D., of 
 
 Chicago : 
 
 "The objects proposed by your Association 
 meet my hearty and enthusiastic approval. Every 
 patriotic American will be grateful if vou succeed 
 in preserving the historic houses of the nation's 
 capital, and of marking with tablets the places of 
 historic interest in Washington. The spirit which 
 you will thus quicken and deepen is the spirit es- 
 sential to the highest well-being of the Republic." 
 
 From LYMAN ABBOTT, D. D., of Brook- 
 lyn : 
 
 " I am most heartily in sympathy with the plans 
 and purposes of the Memorial Association. I hope 
 it may achieve such success that similar organiza- 
 tions may be started in other parts of the country 
 
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 for the purpose of preserving memorials of historic 
 interest, which are now far too readily destroyed, 
 as though they were of no value." 
 
 From MORGAN DIX, D. D., Rector of Trinity 
 P. E. Chiuxh, New York : 
 
 "The design of procuring from Congress an itp- 
 propriation for the purchase of the house in which 
 President Lincoln died meets my approval. I 
 think it of great importance that historic relics of 
 this class should be preserved, and I trust that vou 
 will meet with good success in the prosecution of 
 your design. The plan of marking notable houses 
 in the city of New York with notable tablets, or 
 designating in such manner the spots at which im- 
 portant events have occurred, is one which has been 
 undertaken, and is now successfully prosecuted, 
 by the Society of the Sons of the Revolution. We 
 have already done some very good work in this 
 line and have much more in prospect." 
 
 From ROBERT COLLYER, of New York: 
 
 "It is a good thing you propose to do in the pur- 
 chase of the house in which President Lincoln died, 
 and I think the nation will be with you in sym- 
 pathy and the means." 
 
 From CHARLES H. PARKHURST, D. D, 
 of New York : 
 
 "I am so warmly in sympathy with everything 
 that the Association represents that I would love 
 
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 to ^ive it the support of my presence as well as of 
 my word," (In reply to an invitation to attend 
 the opening of the Lincoln House.) 
 
 From HERRICK JOHNSON, D. D., of Chi- 
 cago : 
 
 "A most beautiful memorial purpose, beneficent 
 to the living and reverent to the dead, perpetuating 
 that which is best in historic scene and association, 
 and stimulative to all loyal hearts." 
 
 From T. T. EATON, D. D., Editor of the 
 Western Recorder^ Louisville, Kentucky : 
 
 ''The movement has my hearty sympathy, and 
 I take occasion to commend it in this week's Re- 
 corder.'" 
 
 From R. S. McARTHUR, D. D., of New 
 York : 
 
 ''I am in hearty sympathy with the object and 
 aim of this orsranization. We have neglected too 
 much to cultivate the historic spirit. If we do not 
 adopt some practical measures now, in a few years 
 these places will have faded from the memory of 
 our people, and the yoimg of our land will be igno- 
 rant of the great national events to which these 
 places bear witness. It is difficult to overestimate 
 the importance of the work begun in this direction, 
 and I hope and believe it will be speedily crowned 
 with success." 
 
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 From GEORGE DANA BOARDMAN, D. 
 
 D., of Philadelphia: 
 
 " The purpose of the Memorial Association of 
 the District of Columbia is grateful, just, patriotic, 
 reverent, timely, and most valuable." 
 
 From A. J. GORDON, D. D., of Boston: 
 
 "I heartily approve the purpose of the Memorial 
 Association to preserve the historic landmarks of 
 our capital city for the instruction and inspiration 
 of future generations, and wish its directors all 
 success and support." 
 
 From THOMAS S. HASTINGS, D. D., 
 
 President of the Union Theological Seminary, 
 New York : 
 
 "• I have an ever-deepening affection, admiration, 
 and reverence for that noble man whom God gave 
 us in our time of sorest need. He is unique in 
 my private Westminster iVbbey, and I rejoice in 
 every tribute to his memory. It would be hard for 
 me to say whether I admire him more than I love 
 him. At all events I am grateful to you for what 
 you are doing to honor his memory." 
 
 From PHILIP SCHAFF, D. D., of New 
 York : 
 
 "Your project for the preservation of the most 
 noteworthy houses in the capital of the nation 
 
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 commends itself to the good judgment and taste of 
 every patriot and lover of history." 
 
 From JOHN HALL, D. D., Pastor of the 
 Fifth Avenue Presbvterian Church, New York : 
 
 "■ We are a young nation, but there are many 
 things in the history of this great Republic, the 
 moral influence of which on the national sentiment 
 should be perpetuated, and it is eminently fit that 
 the outward and sensible monuments of these 
 things and of the men who shape the life of the 
 United States should be nationally preserved." 
 
 From F. M. ELLIS, D. D., of Baltimore: 
 
 " I am glad for this new emphasis given by vour 
 Association to the value of objects and associations 
 distinctly American. I congratulate the people of 
 the national capital for the example they have thus 
 set the countrv, and wish the officers of vour 
 Association the laro-est success." 
 
 From CHARLES S. VEDDER, D. D., Pastor 
 of the Huguenot Church, Charleston, S. C. : 
 
 " It gives me great pleasure to know of your most 
 laudable enterprise in rescuing the historical points 
 of the capital city from oblivion. You have set 
 an example which ma}- well be followed every- 
 where in our cities." 
 
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 From niSITOPPARET, of Maryland : 
 
 " 1 most warmly approve the purpose of the 
 Memorial Association in jjuardinsf and desiofnatine: 
 houses and places of historic interest. I wish them 
 abundant success." 
 
 From BISHOP POTTER, of New York: 
 
 " The ortyanization of the Memorial Association 
 of the District of Columbia was a most happy 
 thouii^ht, and it is fitly presided over by our honored 
 Chief Justice. 
 
 '^ It is an especial charm of foreign cities to be 
 able to read something of their history, and of the 
 men who have made them great, in ancient buildings 
 and landmarks ; and surely no city in the world 
 has, during its comparatively ])rief life, gathered 
 within it more names of lastinsT interest and exem- 
 plary value, whether as citizens, statesmen, or 
 patriots, than Washington. I wish you all success 
 in vour most opportune undertaking." 
 
 From RLSnOP LITTLE JOHN, of Long Is- 
 land : 
 
 "The Memorial Association has not, in my 
 judgment, been organized a day too soon. Its ob- 
 ject is most praiseworthy and will have the cordial 
 approval of e\erv patricjtic citizen of our country." 
 
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 From BISHOP SCARBOROUGH, of New 
 Jersey : 
 
 " Everv one who has visited Washiiif^ton as a 
 strant^cr, and had to <j^athcr his information from 
 the averatre cal)-dri\er a])out historical phxces in 
 that beautiful city will appreciate the efforts of the 
 Memorial Association, I heartily commend your 
 unselfish work and wish vou s^ood success in it." 
 
 From BISHOP COLEMAN, of Delaware: 
 
 " The objects of the Association are such as ap- 
 peal very strono^lv to my own sentiments and con- 
 victions. I should think they would to those of all 
 patriotic Americans. You have my hearty wishes 
 for the complete accomplishment of the work 
 undertaken.'' 
 
 From BISHOP CLARK, of Rhode Island : 
 
 ••' I am <^lad to know that attention is beginniui^ 
 to be directed to the preservation of historic build- 
 ings, and I trust that the efforts of the Alemorial 
 Association will help to prevent the destruction of 
 the few that remain. It has always seemed to me 
 very discreditable to the city of Boston that the 
 venerable and beautiful Hancock Plouse was 
 allowed to be blotted out." 
 
 From BISHOP DUDLEY, of Kentucky : 
 
 "The buildings in Washington which you pro- 
 pose to perpetuate and designate with appropriate 
 
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 inscriptions are the monuments of our national 
 history, and better than formal obelisks will they 
 keep alive the memory of the great events of which 
 they were instruments. By all means should they 
 be preserved, and I cannot doubt that the Congress 
 will give to vour Association the means to preserve 
 them." 
 
 From BISHOP KNICKERBACKER, of In- 
 diana : 
 
 "The objects of the Memorial Association to 
 preserve historic buildings and mark historic places 
 is certainly most desirable, and the generation that 
 comes after w^ill rise up and bless it. I hope it 
 mav succeed in all its endeavors." 
 
 From BISHOP WHIPPLE, of Minnesota : 
 
 "I heartily approve of the objects of the Memo- 
 rial Association. It is our reproach that we have 
 so little reverence for the past. Nothing can be 
 more precious than the memorials linked with the 
 great names of the Republic. They are silent 
 teachers which recall the lessons of lovaltv to God 
 and to country that these men exemplified in their 
 lives. I wish vou Godspeed in your patriotic 
 work." 
 
 From BISHOP HUNTINGTON, of Central 
 New York : 
 
 "The purpose of the Memorial Association 
 seems to me to be worthy, appropriate, and timely. 
 
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 More so than many of the commemorative projects 
 that are now popuhir." 
 
 From BISHOP LEONARD, of Ohio : 
 
 " I am o^reatly interested in your huulable plan. 
 Some years back I went to Mr. W, W. Corcoran 
 and urged him to set apart an alcove in the Art 
 Gallerv, in which might be placed prints, water- 
 color pictures, photographs, etc., of the historic 
 structures in and about W ashington. The British 
 Museum in London has devoted a large space to 
 similar memorials of that ancient city, and it 
 occurred to me that v/e should follow such an ex- 
 ample. I trust that you will push this laudable 
 enterprise till it attracts liberal attention, and I 
 assure you of my keen interest in what you have so 
 intelligently undertaken." 
 
 From BISHOP NEELY, of Oregon : 
 
 " I beg to assure you of my hearty commendation 
 of the purposes of the Memorial Association, and 
 of my hope that they may be fully realized by the 
 co-operation of patriotic citizens." 
 
 Prom BISHOP WILLIAMS, of Connecticut : 
 
 "I can hardly imagine any better way of culti- 
 vating that historic spirit which is so essential to 
 the life of the nation than that which the Memorial 
 Association has adopted. The plan has mv warm 
 interest and best wishes." 
 
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 From BISHOP TUTTLE, of Missouri : 
 
 "I rejoice in the efforts you are making to fix 
 some centres that may be sources of honest patriotic 
 sentiment, and to preserve some shrines for patriotic 
 devotion. My bes»t wishes heartily go with my 
 thanks to you and your felloAv-laborers." 
 
 From BISHOP QLTINTARD, of Tennessee : 
 
 "I greatly rejoice to know that such a movement 
 has been inaugurated. I feel that it is a matter of 
 grave interest, and that every true patriot should do 
 his utmost for the promotion of the purposes of the 
 organization." 
 
 From BISHOP DAVIS, of Michigan : 
 
 "Your purpose and design are such as must 
 commend themselves to every patriotic and intelli- 
 ofent citizen. I wish vou all success in vour admi- 
 rable undertaking." 
 
 From BISHOP LAWRENCE, of Massachu- 
 setts : 
 
 "Living: between the Lons^fellow Mansion and 
 the Washington Elm, in this old town (Cambridge) , 
 I can speak with experience and enthusiasm of the 
 worth and interest of historic spots. Washington 
 has before it an historic interest which no other city 
 can claim, and the ^Memorial Association has a large 
 opportunity.'' 
 
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 From lUSIIOP PERRY, of Iowa: 
 
 "The preservation of the noteworthy houses at 
 the cai^ital as historical monuments is a matter that 
 should elicit the approval and command the co- 
 operation of every lover of his country. The intel- 
 ligent and patriotic labors of your Association, as 
 indicated in its charter of incorporation, will make 
 more fair and attractive the great and glorious city 
 which is the centre of our national life." 
 
 From BISHOP NELSON, of Georgia : 
 
 " I desire to assure vou of mv interest in the 
 work of the Association. It is a startlins' fact that 
 the people of our land, possessing so few" antiqui- 
 ties, have usually been extremely careless in the 
 preservation of those few, and I heartily indorse 
 and approve any project which looks to the safety 
 and custody of any links v.ith the past, such as 
 buildings and monuments, books and relics, which 
 in the future, even more than at the present time,, 
 will be objects of such intense interest to our peo- 
 ple as well as to foreigners." 
 
 From BISHOP NICHOLS, of California : 
 
 " The admirable object of the Association cannot 
 fail to be a popular one. There is a wholesome 
 American taste for the flavor of anticjuitv. AVe 
 not only like to refer to the precepts of our elders, 
 but to see where they lived and worked, and if the 
 Association receives the attention it ought, walks 
 
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 in Washington may become as picturesque of the 
 past as Hare's Walks in London." 
 
 ' From BISHOP GARRETT, of Texas : 
 
 " I am sure every patriotic citizen of the United 
 States must cordially approve the purpose of the 
 Association. Other nations cannot fail to be inter- 
 ested in the preservation of those monuments which 
 enshrine the history of great epochs in national 
 life. The civilized world will commend your 
 enterprise. The membership of your Association 
 is a sulHcient guarantee of its sagacious and patri- 
 otic management." 
 
 From BISHOP FITZGERALD, of New^ York : 
 
 "The purposes of the Association are most 
 highly to be commended. Every earnest patriot 
 will wish that thev may be successfully executed." 
 
 From BISHOP FOWLER, of Minneapolis : 
 
 "The Memorial Association is one that com- 
 mends itself to me as a patriot. We have made 
 much magnificent history ; it is high time we were 
 carefully preserving it. In every other civilized 
 land, and in many heathen lands, I have seen noble 
 monuments to their heroic dead, and the traveller 
 is interested in visiting the scenes that were pre- 
 cious in the eyes of our worthy dead. The wealth 
 of a country is in its heroic people ; its greatness, 
 in the treasures it cherishes from the mig'htv men 
 of the past." 
 
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 From BISHOP HAYGOOD, of Georgia: 
 
 " T hope vou will accomplish the praiseworthy 
 ends vou have in view. Few thin<j^s are more im- 
 portant than the preservation of the memorials of 
 our noblest history." 
 
 From BISHOP MALLALIEU, of Buffalo: 
 
 " I most certainlv commend the worthy and pa- 
 triotic enterprise vou have in hand. To preserve 
 for future generations the sites and buildings made 
 memorable by their association with the great and 
 good is to confer inspiration and blessing upon un- 
 counted millions. I wish vou the most eminent 
 success." 
 
 From BISHOP WARREX. of Colorado : 
 
 " I greatly approve the work of your Associa- 
 tion. Some of the most interesting things in Eu- 
 ropean cities are the places that the makers of 
 historv have made immortal. A simple tablet 
 makes thousands of pilgrims stop and remember 
 the great deeds of great men." 
 
 From BISHOP XIXDE, of Detroit: 
 
 " I shall take a warm interest in watching your 
 success. Our nation is ripening in age. It is be- 
 coming nobly historic. Its memorable places and 
 buildings will become shrines for the people 
 through the coming vears to visit with increasing 
 interest and reverence, if thev are properly marked 
 
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 and preserved. I hope the praiseworthy ends of 
 the Association will be fullv realized." 
 
 From BISHOP VINCENT, of New York : 
 
 " Your objects are deserving of praise and sup- 
 port. I wish you success in your proposed 
 scheme.'' 
 
 From BISHOP MERRILL, of Chicago : 
 
 "A good thing. Go ahead. If the list of names 
 is an insutiicient recommendation, add mine as 
 endorsinH" them.'''' 
 
 From BISHOP BOWMAN, of St. Louis : 
 
 "I most heartily approve of the proposed work 
 of your Association, and trust you will be success- 
 ful in accomplishing your wishes." 
 
 From BISHOP HURST, of Washington, 
 D. C. : 
 
 "I am glad to see that a movement is begun to 
 mark the historic houses of Washinsfton with 
 suitable tablets. Long since this most appropriate 
 work should have been undertaken, and it comes 
 now not a day too soon. Our city abounds in 
 memorable houses, and each should be known to 
 all the world." 
 
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 From the Hox. CHARLES F. LIBBY, Presi- 
 dent of the Maine State Bar Association : 
 
 •• W hile I am somewhat doubtful whether any 
 words of mine can add weight to what has been 
 so well put before the public bv the officers of vour 
 Association, I beo^ to say that I heartily approve 
 the purposes of vour organization." 
 
 From the Hox. I. XEWTOX FIERO, Presi- 
 dent of the New York State Bar Association : 
 
 '• I beg leave to express a most earnest hope that 
 vou may be successful in procurinsT from Cong-ress 
 an appropriation sufficient for the purchase of the 
 house in which President Lincoln died. It would 
 certainly be most appropriate if this property 
 should be preserved, and protected under the care 
 of your Association. I shall take great pleasure 
 in doing anything in my power to forward its ob- 
 jects." 
 
 From ALBERT CLARKE. Secretary of the 
 Home Market Club, Boston, ]\Lissachusetts : 
 
 "Your work is of national interest and im- 
 portance, and should be liberally promoted by Con- 
 gress. Every historic spot in the national capital, 
 preserved as nearly intact as possible, is an educator 
 in patriotism, and that is the kind of education 
 which a heterogeneous population most needs, and 
 is in the sfreatest danorer of neglectinof. There is 
 
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 no other house in Washington which I have viewed 
 with so great interest as the one in which Lincohi 
 died. This interest will be greater in others as the 
 event recedes, Lincoln died for his country, and 
 the country should help your Association to acquire 
 and preserve that house. '^ 
 
 From O. L. F. BROWNE, Secretary of the 
 Commercial Exchange, Des Moines, Iowa : 
 
 " The following resolution has been adopted 
 without dissent by our Board of Managers : 
 
 " Whet'eas we believe that the object of the 
 Memorial Association of the District of Columbia 
 is a praise^vorth3' one, therefore, Resolved^ by the 
 directors of the Commercial Exchange of Des- 
 Moines, Iowa, that Ave earnestly request that Con- 
 gress make such appropriation as in its wisdom 
 may seem needful to the accomplishment of the 
 objects of the Association.'.' 
 
 From GEORGE CLINTON, President of the 
 Buffalo Merchants' Exchange : 
 
 "I am decidedlv of the opinion that keeping 
 alive and before our people the memories of our 
 great and good men is one of the strongest forces 
 that can be utilized for preserving the patriotism of 
 our people, and inciting the rising generation to a 
 generous emulation in preserving our institutions by 
 following in the footsteps of our illustrious states- 
 men. An affectionate regard for the memories of 
 
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 our great leaders also rec[iiires some conimenioration 
 of their deeds. The plan of voiir organization I 
 deem an excellent one, and the locality where that 
 plan is to be carried out the most appropriate one 
 in the Ignited States. Congress certainly should 
 aid you. While I haye stated \yhat I haye as my 
 personal yie\ys, yet I am sure that I reflect the 
 feelings of the entire Merchants' Exchange.'' 
 
 From B. F. WIIITXER, President of the State 
 Bar Association of South Carolina : 
 
 '• I need scarcely say that I most cordially com- 
 mend the object and aims of your Association, as 
 I belieye eyery sfood citizen \yill \yho loyes his 
 country and is proud of its history in the march of 
 ciyil and religious liberty, and of its ^yonderful ad- 
 yancement in the arts and industries of ciyilized 
 life. I hope that you will receiye all needed aid 
 from Congress, and eyery encouragement from the 
 people of our common country." 
 
 From CHARLES E. FLAXDRAU, of St. 
 
 Paul : 
 
 " I assure you, my dear sir, that I sympathize 
 heartily with the object of your organization, and 
 especially so as all my boyhood days were passed 
 in the District of Columbia. T left there about 52 
 years ago, but haye made out to return almost an- 
 nually eyer since, and although at one time I knew 
 eyery place of interest in the whole District, I find 
 
51 
 
 it difficult now to locate any historical point. I 
 will take the responsibility, without consulting the 
 bar association, of assiu-ing you that our sympathies 
 are entirely with your organization, and if we can 
 in any way aid vou we will be most happy to do 
 so." 
 
 From R. T. BARTON, Winchester, Virginia: 
 
 " I entirely sympathize with your object in mark- 
 ing historic houses, and especially in preserying the 
 house in which President Lincoln died. Xo one 
 who has enjo\'ed the pleasure which the preserya- 
 tion of such interesting objects in Europe affords to 
 the trayeller can fail to wish that the same thing 
 can be accomplished in this country. I sincerely 
 hope that Congress may be induced to make the 
 appropriation for the purchase of this house." 
 
 From CHARLES T- vSWTFT, of San Francisco : 
 
 a 
 
 The purposes of the Association meet with my 
 earnest approyal." 
 
 From F. A. McWILLIE, of Jackson, Miss.. 
 Ex-President of the vState Bar Association : 
 
 " The object of the Association meets my warmest 
 approval.' 
 
52 
 
 From JAMES P. WINCHESTER, President 
 of the First National Bank of Wilmington, Dela- 
 ware : 
 
 "I consider the work of your Association to be 
 most laudable. Our country needs the perpetua- 
 tion of the memory of our historic men. Certainly 
 no land has produced greater." 
 
 From DONALD FLETCHER, Banker, of Den- 
 ver, Colorado : 
 
 "I have not heard of anything latel}' that more 
 thoroughly pleases me than that your Association 
 will tr\ to have Congress purchase the house in 
 which President Lincoln died, and mark other his- 
 toric places. If I can be of any service to you com- 
 mand me. I assure you that every Coloradoan will 
 heartily approve of your patriotic and thoughtful 
 zeal." 
 
 From the Hox. E. S. LACEY, President of the 
 Bankers" National Bank of Chicago, and lately 
 Comptroller of the Currency : 
 
 "I note with great pleasure that the Memorial 
 Association has been organized, and that its officers 
 and directors are of such a character as to assure it 
 unqualified success. 
 
 " To perpetuate and emphasize the historic in- 
 terest which attaches to so many places and objects 
 in Washington and its vicinity is a patriotic work 
 
53 
 
 which has been ah-eady too long delayed. The re- 
 cent rapid growth of the city and the many changes 
 now in contemplation will soon render it impossi- 
 ble to do this \vork in a satisfactory manner. 
 
 "I sincerely hope that you may be able to pro- 
 cure from Congress suitable appropriations for the 
 end you have in view. The cost will be insisrnifi- 
 cant in comparison with the gratifying results which 
 you will be able to accomplish, not only for the 
 benefit of the present generation, but of many in the 
 centuries to come. You have ni}^ hearty sympathy 
 and support in your commendable efforts in this 
 direction." 
 
 From A. BALDWIN, President of the New 
 Orleans National Bank : 
 
 "I have read of the organization and purposes 
 of your Association, and agree with you that it 
 will be to the general good that these historic places 
 should be kept and preserved." 
 
 From E. N. MORRILL, President of the First 
 National Bank of Leavenworth, Kansas : 
 
 " I notice with pleasure your efforts to preserve 
 and mark the noteworthy houses of the capital city, 
 and commend most heartily your action in that di- 
 rection. I have often noticed the plain brick 
 house made historic by the death within its walls 
 of our martvred President, and have felt that the 
 building ought to be owned and forever preserved 
 
54 
 
 by (Uir Government. I sincerely hope that Con- 
 gress will at its next session make an appropriation 
 sufficient to purchase that house, and to enable 
 vou to mark in a proper manner other l)uildings 
 around which cluster manv of the most sacred 
 associations of the past." 
 
 From BRAIXARD H. WARNER, President 
 of the Washington Loan and Trust Company : 
 
 " I take pleasure in stating that I highly esteem 
 the objects and purpose of the Association. It 
 will doubtless serye to make known manv points 
 of great historic interest which are at present 
 comparatively unknown." 
 
 FROM VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 From THE WASHINGTON POST of Febru- 
 ary 8, 1S93: 
 
 " The laudable objects of the Memorial Associa- 
 tion of the District of Columbia have been fully 
 set forth in TJie Post^ tog^ether with the names of 
 the eighteen members of the Association, which 
 are of themselves an all-sufficient assurance that 
 they are governed in this matter by the utmost hon- 
 esty and patriotism of purpose. 
 
 " One of the first moves of the Association, and 
 
55 
 
 one that commends itself at once to public appro- 
 bation, is directed to the purchase of the house on 
 Tenth street in which Abraham Lincoln, died, and 
 around which cluster so many melancholy associa- 
 tions. In the natural order of events this property 
 must give way to the progress of improyement, and 
 with it disappear one of the most memorable of all 
 our historic landmarks — one that possesses not only 
 to the citizens of Washington, but to the whole 
 country, a peculiarly reyerent interest. 
 
 " 7y/(? Pos^ believes the appropriation asked for 
 to be meritorious and in a certain sense obligatory. 
 If the property is to be bought at all, instead of 
 being allowed to go to decay or be torn down, 
 it should be bought without delay, when it can be 
 had at a less price than it will command two years 
 or five years hence. It is a mansion that should be 
 saved as it is to future generations and cared for 
 with the same religious veneration that is bestowed 
 upon the home of Washington at Mt. Vernon. 
 Such, we doubt not, would be the unanimous voice 
 of the people, could they be heard upon this ques- 
 tion, and Congress need not fear the rebuke of its 
 constituencies for an expenditure so just and appro- 
 priate." 
 
 From the WASHINGTON STAR of October' 
 
 o • 
 
 iS, 1S9 
 
 " There are many historic structures in this city, 
 and these, unless either Congress or the ^Memorial 
 Association interferes, must soon decay or be re- 
 
56 
 
 placed by modern dwellings. Some of these places 
 should be saved, and if public interest can once be 
 aroused they will be. The Association has a great 
 task to perform, and it should receive, as it de- 
 serves, the hearty encouragement of every one 
 whose patriotism is untainted by self-interest, and 
 v^^ho would see this Washino-ton of ours more beau- 
 tiful and more interesting than any other city on 
 earth. The Lincoln house and the Lincoln relics 
 ought not, how^ever, to be the property of an indi- 
 vidual or an association, but of the nation. Con- 
 gress ought speedily to provide for the purchase of 
 this property, preserving with patriotic care re- 
 membrances of the great President, and honoring 
 his name and memory." 
 
 From the INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL of 
 May 12, 1893: 
 
 " Of all the enterprises that present themselves 
 from time to time for editorial comment, that which 
 calls itself the Memorial Association of the District 
 or Columbia seems one of the most unselfish, and 
 unmoved by other than considerations of pure senti- 
 ment. The immediate desire of the Association is 
 to procure from Congress an appropriation for the 
 purchase of the house in wdiich President Lincoln 
 died. The object of this society, which is duly 
 incorporated, is composed of prominent men, and 
 has for its president Chief Justice Fuller, is highly 
 commendable. The house in which President 
 Lincoln died at once became a place of pilgrimage, 
 
57 
 
 and its associations will render it even a g-reatei 
 point of interest as time goes by. It shonld be 
 preserved and restored bv all means." 
 
 From the WYANDOTTE (Kansas) HERALD 
 of February 2, 1S93 : 
 
 " The object of the Association is a laudable 
 one, and as the title to all property secured by it 
 vests in the United States, Congress should not 
 only encourage, but deal lilierally and speedily 
 with it by making such appropriations as will en- 
 able it to successfully carry out its plans and pur- 
 poses." 
 
 From the NEW ORLEANS PICAYUNE of 
 the 31st January, 1S93 : 
 
 " The PicaytDie recognizes the importance of 
 the work that the Association has undertaken to 
 do, and wishes it all success." 
 
 From the NEW ORLEANS TIMES-DEMO- 
 CRAT of May 22, 1893 : 
 
 "The Association will have the endorsement 
 and good wishes of all patriotic Americans." 
 
 From the KENNEBEC (Maine) JOURNAL, 
 February 7, 1893 : 
 
 " The rapid growth of the national capital in- 
 creases the importance of the work of this organi- 
 zation, wliich has entered the field none too soon." 
 
58 
 
 From the BALTIMORE NEWS, February 
 12, 1S93 : 
 
 "•An ori^ani/.ation of this kind lias lon<i^ been 
 needed, and it will have the aid and synipatliy of 
 students and lovers of historv as well as of the 
 patriotic citizen." 
 
 From THE BALTIMORE SUN of May 12, 
 1S93: 
 
 " Of the old colonial houses there are ^'ery few 
 remaining, but the preservation of them and the 
 marking with tablets other historic houses and 
 places connected with the birth and earlier progress 
 of the nation is a praiseworthy undertaking." 
 
 From THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT of 
 
 Februarv 2, 1S93 : 
 
 "It is truly high time that the historic spirit had 
 a little chance of cultivation at the national 
 capital." 
 
 From the BOSTON TRAVELLER of Feb- 
 ruary 3, 1893 : 
 
 " The Memorial Association of the District of 
 Columbia, of which Chief Justice Fuller is Presi- 
 dent, deserves the heartiest encouragement from all 
 classes and citizens." 
 
59 
 
 From the BOSTON GLOBE of September 
 
 "It is a good and patriotic undertaking; what- 
 ever Congress can do to help it on should certain 1} 
 be granted." 
 
 From the BOSTON CONGREGATIONAL- 
 
 IST of October 5, 1S93 • 
 
 " Such an organization was started none too soon. 
 It is an important aid to intelligent patriotism. It 
 should have the sympathy and support of all 
 American citizens." 
 
 From the KANSAS CITY JOURNAL of May 
 12, 1893: 
 
 " The membership of the Association includes 
 some of the eminent men of the nation, Chief 
 Justice Fuller being its ofhcial head. Its professed 
 objects are most worthy, and the promoters of the 
 movement are citizens M'hose character is a guaran- 
 tee that its motives are pure and patriotic. It 
 should have the encouragement and the assistance 
 of the public and of Congress." 
 
 From THE OMAHA WORLD-HERALD of 
 
 October i, 1S93 : 
 
 " Decidedlv the house associated with Lincoln 
 and many another mansion of the beautiful capital 
 ought to be preserved. They are filled with illus- 
 trious associations. " 
 
6o 
 
 From THE OMAHA BEE of November 5, 
 1S93: 
 
 "" The preservation of historic homes becomes a 
 matter of national concern. Patriotic motives are 
 stron<i- enouirh to enbst a few individuals in the 
 movement, but to conduct it properly requires the 
 assistance of Congress. The Association relies 
 upon the Government to come to its aid. That a 
 building of such historic importance should belong 
 to the people and be preserved in its original con- 
 dition must be recognized by all as a praiseworthy 
 proposition. The nation owes that much homage 
 to the memory of the martyred President." 
 
 From THE ORANGE (New Jersey) CHRON- 
 ICLE, February 4, 1S93 : 
 
 " Anv one who has ever visited Washington 
 keenlv appreciates the need of just this thing, and 
 will wish Godspeed to the Association in its praise- 
 worthy efforts." 
 
 From THE ALBANY EVENING JOUR- 
 NAL, February S, 1893 : 
 
 "It is hoped that Congress w^ill see fit to fur- 
 ther the work of the Association. The objects 
 which it seeks to obtain are well worth v of its l)est 
 efforts." 
 
6i 
 
 From THE NEW YORK TRTBl^NE of Fcl)- 
 ruary 9, 1S9J : 
 
 "A most useful and patriotic work has been 
 undertaken by the Memorial Association of the 
 District of Columbia. It ought not to be difficult 
 to enlist public sympathy and the support of Con- 
 gress for so noble a work. Washington has been 
 the home for generations of great Americans \vh(^ 
 have founded and preserved national institutions, 
 and directed the progress of a Republic that with 
 the consent of Christendom is accounted the hope 
 of the world. Nothing should be left undone to 
 preserve the reminiscences of their greatness, and 
 by memorials on every side to educate and develop 
 the historic spirit of the coming generation." 
 
 From THE NEW YORK MAIL AND EX- 
 PRESS, Oct. 21, 1893: 
 
 " Public sentiment should speedilv indicate a gen- 
 eral desire to have the plans of the Association re- 
 alized. The house in which President Lincohi died 
 should become the property of the nation, and not 
 remain subject to the disposition of the private 
 owner." 
 
 From THE CINCINNATI COMMERCIAL- 
 GAZETTE, May 13, 1893 : 
 
 "A generous policy by Congress in aid of the 
 purposes of the Memorial Association would re- 
 
62 
 
 ceive the hearty endorsement of every American 
 citizen who is proud of his country's record." 
 
 From THE PITTSBURG TIMES of Ma}- lo, 
 1S93: 
 
 "The Association is especially desirous of pur- 
 chasing^ the house where President Lincoln died, 
 which it says is the onh huildin^^ at the capital dis- 
 tinctly associated with him. The work is certainly 
 a most commendable one, and should have the 
 moral support of every patriotic citizen in pressing 
 it to a speedy consummation." 
 
 From THE HOUSTON (Texas) POST of 
 February i , i S93 : 
 
 "It is proposed to purchase and preserve the 
 most notable houses and mark them with suita1)le 
 tablets, and thus cultivate a historic spirit, and rev- 
 erence for the leaders and memories of the Repub- 
 lic. It is a laudable purpose, and the country and 
 Congress should assist the Association." 
 
 From the BURLINGTON (Vermont) FREE 
 PRESS, February i, 1893: 
 
 " The Memorial Association of the District of 
 Columbia is worthy of all ])raise for inauouratino" 
 a movement to preserve the historic structures in 
 and about the nation's capital, and all true Ameri- 
 cans will rejoice that one of the first steps of the 
 Association will be to purchase the house in that 
 city in which the immortal Lincoln yielded up his 
 
63 
 
 life and restore it to the condition in which it then 
 
 was." 
 
 From the JEFFERSONIAN (Piedmont, Vir- 
 ginia), February 7, 1S93 : 
 
 "Washington being the nation's city, Congress 
 should aid the Memorial Association of the District 
 of Columbia in the excellent work it has under- 
 taken." 
 
 By the Rev. ROBERT P. KERR, D. D., in 
 the RICHMOND (Virginia) TIMES, of Novem- 
 ber 9, 1S93 : 
 
 " Next to religion itself there is no more elevat- 
 ing influence that can be brought to bear upon the 
 rising generation than an intimate acquaintance with 
 the lives, characters, and achievements of the great 
 men of the coimtry. The work of the Memorial 
 Association will be of the greatest service in pro- 
 moting patriotism and the refinements of a higher 
 civilization, and ought to have the approval and 
 assistance of all true Americans." 
 
 From the PARKERSBURG (West Virginia) 
 STATE JOURNAL, January 28, 1893: 
 
 "The first purchase by the Association will be 
 the house in which President Lincoln died, which 
 will belonof to the United States. The movement 
 is a most worthy one, and is especially timely in 
 this historic and memorable year." 
 
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