It is said that a complete bibliography of Lincoln would include at least five thousand titles. Therefore, any limited bibliography must appear more or less arbitrary. The following is but a minimum list in which, with a few exceptions such as the inescapable interpretative works of Mr. Rhodes and of Professor Dunning, practically everything has to some extent the character of a source.
Alexander. A Political History of the State of New York. By De Alva Stanwood Alexander. 3 vols. 1909.
Arnold. History of Abraham Lincoln and the Overthrow of Slavery. By Isaac N. Arnold. 1866.
Baldwin. Interview between President Lincoln and Colonel John B. Baldwin. 1866.
Bancroft. Life of William H. Seward. By Frederick Bancroft. 2 vols. 1900.
Barnes. Memoir of Thurlow Weed. By Thurlow Weed Barnes. 1884.
Barton. The Soul of Abraham Lincoln. By William Eleazar Barton. 1920.
Bigelow. Retrospections of an Active Life. By John Bigelow. 2 vols. 1909.
Blaine. Twenty Years of Congress. By James G. Blaine. 2 vols. 1884.
Botts. The Great Rebellion. By John Minor Botts. 1866.
Boutwell. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs. By George S. Boutwell 2 vols. 1902.
Bradford. Union Portraits. By Gamaliel Bradford. 1916.
Brooks. Washington in Lincoln's Time. By Noah Brooks, 1895.
Carpenter. Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln. By F. B. Carpenter. 1866.
Chandler. Life of Zachary Chandler. By the Detroit Post and Tribune. 1880.
Chapman. Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln. By Ervin Chapman. 1917. The Charleston Mercury.
Chase. Diary and Correspondence of Salmon Chase. Report, American Historical Association, 1902, Vol. II.
Chittenden. Recollections of President Lincoln and His Administration. By L. Chittenden. 1891.
Coleman. Life of John J. Crittenden, with Selections from his Correspondence and Speeches. By Ann Mary Coleman. 2 vols. 1871.
Conway. Autobiography, Memories and Experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway. 2 vols. 1904.
Correspondence. The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb. Edited by U. B. Phillips. Report American Historical Association, 1913, Vol. II.
Crawford. The Genesis of the Civil War. By Samuel Wylie Crawford. 1887.
C. W. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. 1863.
Dabney. Memoir of a Narrative Received from Colonel John B. Baldwin, of Staunton, touching the Origin of the War. By Reverend R. L. Dabney, D. D., Southern Historical Society Papers, Vol. 1. 1876.
Davis. Rise and Fail of the Confederate Government. By Jefferson Davis. 2 vols. 1881.
Dunning. Essays on the Civil War and Reconstruction and Related Topics. By William A. Dunning. 1898.
Field. Life of David Dudley Field. By Henry M. Field. 1898.
Flower. Edwin McMasters Stanton. By Frank Abial Flower. 1902.
Fry. Military Miscellanies. By James B. Fry. 1889.
Galaxy. The History of Emancipation. By Gideon Welles. The Galaxy, XIV, 838-851.
Gilmore. Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. By James R. Gilmore. 1899.
Gilmore, Atlantic. A Suppressed Chapter of History. By James R. Gilmore, Atlantic Monthly, April, 1887.
Globe. Congressional Globe, Containing the Debates and Proceedings. 1834-1873.
Godwin. Biography of William Cullen Bryant. By Parke Godwin.
1883. Gore. The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln. By J. Rogers Gore. 1921.
Gorham. Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton. By George C. Gorham. 2 vols. 1899.
Grant. Personal Memoirs. By Ulysses S. Grant. 2 vols. 1886.
Greeley. The American Conflict. By Horace Greeley. 2 vols. 1864-1867.
Gurowski. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862. By Adam Gurowski. 1862.
Hanks. Nancy Hanks. By Caroline Hanks Hitchcock. 1900.
Harris. Public Life of Zachary Chandler. By W. C. Harris, Michigan Historical Commission. 1917.
Hart. Salmon Portland Chase. By Albert Bushnell Hart. 1899.
Hay MS. Diary of John Hay. The war period is covered by three volumes of manuscript. Photostat copies in the library of the Massachusetts Historical Society, accessible only by special permission.
Hay, Century. Life in the White House in the Time of Lincoln. By John Hay, Century Magazine, November, 1890.
The New York Herald.
Herndon. Herndon's Lincoln. The True Story of a Great Life: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. By W. H. Herndon and J. W. Weik. 3 vols. (paged continuously). 1890.
Hill. Lincoln the Lawyer. By Frederick Trevers Hill 1906.
Hitchcock. Fifty Years in Camp and Field. Diary of Major-General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, U. S. A. Edited by W. Croffut. 1909.
Johnson. Stephen A. Douglas. By Allen Johnson. 1908.
The Journal of the Virginia Convention. 1861.
Julian. Political Recollections 1840-1872. By George W. Julian. 1884.
Kelley. Lincoln and Stanton. By W. D. Kelley. 1885.
Lamon. The Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ward H. Lamon. 1872.
Letters. Uncollected Letters of Abraham Lincoln. Now first brought together by Gilbert A. Tracy. 1917.
Lieber. Life and Letters of Francis Lieber. Edited by Thomas S. Perry, 1882.
Lincoln. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. 2 vols. New and enlarged edition. 12 volumes. 1905. (All references here are to the Colter edition.)
McCarthy. Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction. By Charles M. McCarthy, 1901.
McClure. Abraham Lincoln and Men of War Times. By A. K. McClure. 1892.
Merriam. Life and Times of Samuel Bowles. By G. S. Merriam. 2 vols. 1885.
Munford. Virginia's Attitude toward Slavery and Secession. By Beverley B. Munford. 1910.
Moore. A Digest of International Law. By John Bassett Moore. 8 vols. 1906.
Newton. Lincoln and Herndon. By Joseph Fort Newton. 1910.
Nicolay. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln. By John G. Nicolay. 1902.
Nicolay, Cambridge. The Cambridge Modern History: Volume VII.
The United States. By various authors. 1903.
Miss Nicolay. Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln. By Helen Nicolay. 1912.
N. and H. Abraham Lincoln: A History. By John G. Nicolay and John Hay. 10 vols. 1890.
N. P. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies. First series. 27 vols. 18951917.
O. P. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 128 vols. 1880-1901.
Outbreak. The Outbreak of the Rebellion. By John G. Nicolay. 1881.
Own Story. McClellan's Own Story. By George B. McClellan. 1887.
Paternity. The Paternity of Abraham Lincoln. By William Eleazer Barton. 1920.
Pearson. Life of John A. Andrew. By Henry G. Pearson. 2 vols. 1904.
Pierce. Memoirs and Letters of Charles Sumner. By Edward Lillie Pierce. 4 vols. 1877- 1893.
Porter. In Memory of General Charles P. Stone. By Fitz John Porter. 1887.
Public Man. Diary of a Public Man. Anonymous. North American Review. 1879.
Rankin. Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. By Henry B. Rankin. 1916.
Raymond. Journal of Henry J. Raymond. Edited by Henry W. Raymond. Scribner's Magazine. 1879-1880.
Recollections. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln. By Ward Hill Lamon. 1911.
Reminiscences. Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln, by Distinguished
Men of his Time. Edited by Allen Thorndyke Rice. 1886.
Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, first session, Thirty-Ninth Congress.
Rhodes. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850. By James Ford Rhodes. 8 vols. 1893-1920.
Riddle. Recollections of War Times. By A. G. Riddle. 1895.
Schrugham. The Peaceful Americans of 1860. By Mary Schrugham. 1922.
Schure. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schure. Selected and edited by Frederick Bancroft. 1913.
Scott. Memoirs of Lieutenant General Scott, LL.D. Written by himself. 2 vols. 1864.
Seward. Works of William H. Seward. 5 vols. 1884.
Sherman. Memoirs of William T. Sherman. By himself. 2 vols. 1886. Sherman Letters.
Letters of John Sherman and W. T. Sherman. Edited by Rachel Sherman Thorndike. 1894.
Southern Historical Society Papers.
Stephens. Constitutional View of the Late War between the States. By Alexander H.
Stephens. 2 vols. 1869-1870.
Stoddard. Inside the White House in War Times. By William O. Stoddard. 1890.
Stories. "Abe" Lincoln's Yarns and Stories. With introduction and anecdotes by Colonel Alexander McClure. 1901.
The New York Sun.
Swinton. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. By William Swinton. 1866.
Tarbell. The Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Ida M. Tarbell. New edition. 2 vols. 1917.
Thayer. The Life and Letters of John Hay. By William Roscoe Thayer. 2 vols. 1915.
The New York Times.
The New York Tribune.
Tyler. Letters and Times of the Tylers. By Lyon G. Tyler. 3 vols. 1884-1896.
Van Santvoord. A Reception by President Lincoln. By C. J. Van Santvoord. Century Magazine, Feb., 1883.
Villard. Memoirs of Henry Villard. 2 vols. 1902.
Wade. Life of Benjamin F. Wade. By A. G. Riddle. 1886.
Warden. Account of the Private Life and Public Services of Salmon Portland Chase. By R. B. Warden. 1874.
Welles. Diary of Gideon Welles. Edited by J. T. Morse, Jr. 3 vols. 1911.
White. Life of Lyman Trumbull. By Horace White. 1913.
Woodburn. The Life of Thaddeus Stevens. By James Albert Woodburn. 1913.