Anna Ella Carroll...

("The great unrecognized member of Lincoln's Cabinet.") COMPILED FROM FAMILY RECORDS AND CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS BY SARAH ELLEN BLACKWELL. For Sale at the Office of the Woman's Journal , 3 Park Street, Boston, Mass. Rooms of the Woman's Suffrage Society, 1406 G St., Washington, D. C. Price: $1.10 (Forwarded free on receipt of price). WASHINGTON, D. C. JUDD & DETWEILER, PRINTERS. 1891. Entered in the office of the Librarian of Congress, 1891. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The long years come and g

In commencing the attempt to portray a very remarkable career I had hoped for the coöperation of the person concerned so far, at least, as the supervision of any statements I might find it necessary to make. But it was decided by her friends that it would not be well for her at present to be troubled with new projects, or even informed of them. It was at first a serious disappointment to me and seemed to increase my difficulties, but as I was allowed access to sources of family information I hav

Arriving as a stranger in Washington, knowing nothing of libraries and document rooms, Secretaries offices, and War departments, I was at first greatly at a loss. For many years I had had in my possession two very important documents, the last memorial of 1878 and the report of the Military Committee thereon under General Bragg in 1881. With these two in my hand I proceeded to consult the Descriptive Catalogue of the Congressional Library. To my surprise, I found that these two very important do

On page 178 of the memorial of '78 Judge Evans, in one of the many repeated letters and statements of great interest that I have been obliged to omit for want of space, relates how he stood beside Miss Carroll in her parlor at St. Louis when she was gathering the information for the preparation of her paper to the War Department of November 30, 1861, and its accompanying map. He says, "I have a very distinct recollection of aiding her in the preparation of that paper, tracing with her upon a map