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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
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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Chester A.Arthur was chosen president. A week later,being himself stricken with a fatal illness, heresigned, and Mr. Sidney Dillon was electedto take his place. The contributions receivedup to this time amounted to $114,000. InApril, 1887, Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt becamepresident of the association, and was suc-ceeded in February, 1888, by ex-Mayor Wil-liam R. Grace. After considering various measures forproviding a proper sepulcher, a number ofprominent architects were invited to submitcompetitive designs for a monumental tomb.In September, 1890, the association adoptedthe plan furnished by Mr. J. H. Duncan ofNew York City, for a structure to cost be-tween $r)00,000 and $600,000; and this design,with some slight modifications, was adheredto in the construction of the monument nowcompleted. A contractwas made for buildingthe foundations, and ground was broken withelal)orate ceremonies on the anniversary ofGeneral Grants birthday, April 27, 1891.(omrade Charles H. Freeman, Commander of
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JOHN H, DUNCAN, ARCHITECT, DRAWN BY OTTO M. BACHE THE INTERIOR OF THE TOMB. 846 THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. $6.23 for each contributor. The individualsums ranged from one cent to $5000. In col-lecting the amounts written upon the sub-scription-books the difference between theactual subscriptions and the amount of cashreceived from them amounted to less than$400. The entire amount was furnished bythe people of the city of New York, with theexception of $38,115.20, which was receivedfrom citizens of BrookljTi, of the interior ofthe State, and of a few other States. As-suming that the average amount of the in-di\idual subscriptions to the sum of $155,000originally secured was the same as that ofthe subsequent fund raised, the number ofcontributors to the entire fund may be saidto be, in round numbers, 90,000. During the progress of the work the un-expended balances have been deposited infour prominent New York trust companies,which have paid three per cent, interestupon the amounts. With the s

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