Henry Villard (1835-1900) German-American journalist Henry Villard wrote: “I was introduced to Lincoln at Freeport, and met him frequently afterwards in the course of the [1858 Senate] campaign. I must say frankly that…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

John W. Forney (1817-1881) President Lincoln took a direct hand in advancing Forney’s fortunes. “With the editorial stance of the influential, mass-circulation New York Tribune increasingly uncertain, as Horace Greeley oscillated nervously between…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Henry J. Raymond (1820-1869) President Lincoln wrote Raymond in March 1862 a few days after he sent a message to Congress proposing action for the “gradual abolishment of slavery”. Said Mr. Lincoln: “I am grateful to the…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) “What in the world is the matter with Uncle Horace? Why can’t he restrain himself and wait a little while?” complained President Lincoln to the Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune in early 1862. “I do not suppose I have…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Joseph Medill (1823-1899) “Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune regarded the President as a kind of personal property, and when his faction seemed not to be securing its share of the patronage he raged: ‘We made Abe and…’” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Simeon Francis (1796-1872) The interests of Springfield editor Simeon Francis often coincided with those of his good friend, Abraham Lincoln. Early in Mr. Lincoln’s legislative career, Francis championed the shift of the… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Noah Brooks (1830-1903) Brooks had been a journalist in Illinois for five years beginning in 1854 and came to know Mr. Lincoln there. In 1860, he wrote an article in which he recounted a speech Mr. Lincoln gave in Dixon, Illinois, where Brooks had… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Edward L. Baker (1855-1874) Edward L. Baker was editor and co-owner of Illinois State Journal in Springfield, Illinois. He had also married Mrs. Lincoln’s niece, Julia Edwards. He also was a lawyer and a friend of Mr. Lincoln who claimed that he… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Henry Clay Whitney (1831-1905) In 1854 at age 23, Henry C. Whitney relocated to Urbana and entered the practice of law. “I became acquainted with Lincoln,” Whitney wrote over three decades later. “It was about the time of my first…” Abraham Lincoln and Friends >

Leonard Swett (1825-1899) Swett was active in Mr. Lincoln’s nomination in Chicago in May 1860 and even more active in helping establish links with defeated candidate William H. Seward. After the 1860 presidential election, the President asked Swett to… Abraham Lincoln and Friends >