CIVIL WAR PRESIDENT LINCOLN CLOSE FRIEND RADICAL AGENT SPY BROOKS LETTER SIGNED!

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Here’s a Timeless Autograph Quotation Signed (
AQS
) of Close Intimate Lincoln Friend and Civil War Agent
NOAH BROOKS
(
1830 - 1903
)
CIVIL WAR RADICAL REPUBLICAN PARTY AMERICAN NEWSPAPER OWNER, EDITOR and JOURNALIST – WRITER FOR THE TRIBUNE and NY TIMES,
INTIMATE PERSONAL FRIEND and CONFIDENTIAL AGENT OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN and MARY TODD, SPENDING MUCH TIME AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION, EVEN TRAVELING TO THE FRONT LINES WITH LINCOLN,
LINCOLN’S PERSONAL REPORTER and POLITICAL SPY AT THE
1864
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION,
CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1863,
POST-ASSASSINATION NAVAL OFFICER AT THE PORT OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON and FIRED 15 MONTHS LATER AS A “
RADICAL
” OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
LINCOLN BIOGRAPHER - AUTHOR OF A SEMINAL BIOGRAPHY OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
BASED ON HIS CLOSE PERSONAL OBSERVATION TITLED, “
WASHINGTON IN LINCOLN'S TIME,”
PUBLISHED
IN 1895
-&-
AUTHOR OF THE
1
st
NOVEL EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT BASEBALL IN 1884
!
During Brooks’ time with President Lincoln, he sent
258
dispatches to his popular newspaper under the by-line “
Castine
.”
To this day the “
Castine
Letters
” are an important source of information on Lincoln’s White House years
!
In the 2017 documentary film “
The Gettysburg Address
,” Brooks is portrayed by Seinfeld actor
Jason Alexander
.
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HERE’S A SCARCE AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED BY BROOKS, MOUNTED TO AN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM PAGE, and SIGNED:
“The best preparation for the responsibilities of tomorrow is the faithful performance of the duties of today.
Faithfully yours, Noah Brooks, New York, Dec. 1, 1880”
Beautifully and boldly signed by Brooks.
The document measures 7½” x 4 ¾” and is in very fine condition – Would look great framed with a CDV Photograph or 19
th
century engraving of Brooks!
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of NOAH BROOKS
Noah Brooks
(October 24, 1830 – August 16, 1903) was an American journalist and editor who worked for newspapers in
Sacramento
,
San Francisco
,
Newark
, and
New York
. He is known for authoring a major biography of
Abraham Lincoln
based on close personal observation.
Career
Born in
Castine, Maine
, he moved to
Dixon, Illinois
in 1856, where he became involved in
John C. Frémont
's campaign for president. During the campaign, he became friends with
Abraham Lincoln
. Brooks moved to
Kansas
in 1857
as a "free state" settler, but returned to
Illinois
about a year later, then moved to
California
in 1859. After the death of his wife in 1862, Brooks moved to
Washington, D.C.
to cover the Lincoln administration for the
Sacramento Daily Union
. He was accepted into the Lincoln household as an old friend. Unlike most people, Brooks was able to maintain a close friendship with both the President and
Mrs. Lincoln
. When Brooks was detailed to cover the
1864 Democratic Convention
in
Chicago
, President Lincoln asked Brooks to also report back in detail by private letter.
In 1884, Brooks wrote the first novel exclusively about baseball:
Our Base Ball Club and How It Won the Championship
(New York: E. P. Dutton, 1884).
Brooks' 258 Washington dispatches for the
Sacramento Daily Union
were published under the name "Castine." In 1895, Brooks published his biography of Lincoln,
Washington in Lincoln's Time
, based on his Castine articles, as well as personal observations and interviews. The book is now considered an indispensable source of information on the Lincoln
White House
.
In 1901, Brooks published
The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
based largely on the
Nicholas Biddle
history of
the Expedition
. Brooks was assisted by the notes written in the margins of his manuscript by Dr.
Elliott Coues
, who had edited the 1894 edition of Biddle, and who had wide experience as an explorer of the
American West
.
In the 2017 documentary film
The Gettysburg Address
, Brooks is portrayed by actor
Jason Alexander
.
Notes
Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912).
Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc
. Standard Publishing Company. pp.
236
.
Grobani, Anton. Guide to Baseball Literature (Gale Research Company, 1975 )
Further reading
Temple, Wayne Calhoun, et al. eds.
Lincoln's Confidant: The Life of Noah Brooks
(2019).
Neely Jr., Mark E.
The Abraham Lincoln Encyclopedia
, New York, NY, 1982.
"Introduction,"
The Story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mineloa, NY, 2004.
Noah Brooks -- Wilson Museum Bulletin
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Wayne C. Temple and Justin G. Turner, "Lincoln's 'Castine:' Noah Brooks",
Lincoln Herald
vol. 73 (chapters in various numbers)
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