The Washington lawyer recently had an article by Joseph Goulden about Washington lawyers who have become historians.  There are a few errors–it is the Seward papers not the Stanton papers that run to 200 reels of film–but in general it is a careful and thoughtful article.  Link below: http://www.dcbar.org/bar-resources/publications/washington-lawyer/articles/april-2014-lawyer-authors.cfm

Yesterday, in New York City, my wife daughter and I were at the funeral mass for my dear friend John Palenberg.  It was a beautiful service, filled with people from around the world, complete with eccentric music choices (Dancing Cheek to Cheek and Ave Maria, among others).  There were five speakers, including my friend Susan…

My good friend John Palenberg died in New York City today. I met John when we both arrived at Harvard Law School in the fall of 1978.  We were the same age, in the same section, the group of 140 students that was together for all our classes that first year.  John, as I recall…

For those of you, if any, wondering what I am doing:  I am working on Edwin Stanton.  Right now I have here in Exeter fourteen reels of microfilm, a full copy of the Stanton papers at the Library of Congress, and I am spending time in the library basement, at the film reader, working through…

Simon & Schuster is running an ultimate Lincoln contest this week, offering a signed copy of my book, a signed copy of Team of Rivals, and movie tickets to Lincoln.  I suspect that many readers of this blog already have a signed copy of my book, but a signed copy of Team of Rivals would…

I have just returned from Water Street Books in Exeter, where I signed several copies of the Seward book for people around the country. If you are interested in getting a signed copy of Seward, call up Water Street at 603-778-9731. If all you want is my signature, they have such copies in stock, you…