Each and every day, lines of people waited at teh White House in long lines to see Mr. Lincoln. Most were seeking political appointments, since all the polital jobs from post master on up turned over with the election of Mr. Lincoln as the first Republican President.
I avised Mr. Lincoln to limit stranger's access to him. But he was all baout being the President of the people, and therefore, he talked to every single person until he ws too tired to continue.
I did felt it dangerous to just let every "Tom, Dick and Harry" into the president's office. I asked that a log of names be kept and that each person be frisked to see if they had weapons. But he disagreed with all those suggestions. And he was the boss.
W. H. Lamon
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