Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln: The Story of a Picture


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This memoir by painter Francis Bicknell Carpenter includes observations he made during his time at the White House from February-July 1864, while painting Abraham Lincoln's portrait. We see him in this book of Mr, Carpenter’s to that advantage which perfect unaffectedness and sincerity can never lose. During the time that Mr. Carpenter was making studies for his picture of the President signing the Emancipation Proclamation, he was in daily contact with him,—saw him in consultation with his Cabinet, at play with his children, receiving office-seekers of all kinds, granting many favors to poor and friendless people, snubbing Secession insolence, and bearing patiently much impertinence from every source,—jesting, laughing, lamenting. (summary adapted from The Atlantic, November 1866). (8 hr 6 min)

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Preface–Chapter VII 23:49 Read by Arten
Chapters VIII–XV 27:32 Read by Arten
Chapters XVI–XX 25:34 Read by Arten
Chapters XXI–XXX 29:31 Read by Arten
Chapters XXXI–XXXVIII 33:45 Read by Arten
Chapters XXXIX–XLIV 33:50 Read by Cbteddy
Chapters XLV–LI 41:49 Read by jenno
Chapters LII–LV 26:54 Read by AnneGowan
Chapters LVI–LX 38:29 Read by Cbteddy
Chapters LXI–LXVII 27:55 Read by Cbteddy
Chapter LXVIII 1:00:22 Read by Cbteddy
Chapters LXIX–LXXIII 22:46 Read by JudyS
Chapters LXXIV–LXXVI 15:51 Read by Steven Warner
Chapters LXXVII–LXXVIII 20:33 Read by BigManDan
Chapters LXXIX–LXXX 57:39 Read by JudyS