Abraham Lincoln (1897) (14591270259)

Identifier: abrahamlincol1479coff (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Sovereign Grand Lodge
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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(0. Dark corridor leiiding from the dress circle to box.—H. Entrance to corridor.—I. The bar nsed by Boothto prevent entrance from without.—J. Dress circle.—K. The parquette.—L. The foot-lights.—M. Thestage.—F. Open door to the Presidents box.—G. Closed door.—N. Place where Booth vaulted over tothe stage below.) DIAGRAM OP THE BOX OCCUPIED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN. THE CLOSING SCENE. 525 Booth made this entry in his diary: Friday, April 21.—After being liuntcd like a dog through swamps and woods, andlast night chased by gunboats till I was forced to return, wet, cold, and starving, withevery mans hand against me, I am here in despair ! And why ? .For doing what Brutuswas honored for—what made Tell a hero. ... I struck for my country and that alone—acountry ground beneath his tyranny. And yet now behold the cold hand they extendto me. From those who gave him food he obtained newspapers, and learnedthat his fellow-actor, Mathews, had burned the article which had been
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FORD S THEATRE, AS DRAPED AFTER THE PRESIDENTS DEATH. (From a photograph taken at the time.) intended for publication. So, then, the world would never read hisvindication of himself. During the days w^hile hiding in the thickets,his ear open to every sound, his intellect alert, conscience arraigned him.He stood before the Great White Throne, the Judgment-seat of theUniverse. I am abandoned, with the curse of Cain upon me, the entry in hisdiary. Yanity put in its specious plea for self-jnstification. If the world knew my heart, that one blow would make me great,he wrote. By no such pleading could he set aside the universal verdict that 526 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. instead of crushing a tyrant he had murdered a lenient friend. In-stead of his name upon the scroll of fame, he was to be ranked withCain and Judas and the outcasts of all time—accursed of God and man.Booth and Harcjd made their way from place to place, finding shelterat last in the barn of Mr. Garrett, near Bowling Green,