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Lincoln (Abraham) collection
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Lincoln letters in facsimile

Box 1, folder 1, Item 1

To three men in answer to an inquiry regarding his "house divided" speech 1860 February 14

Box 1, folder 1, Item 2

To Hon. O. H. Browning. Delaware Indians and railroad right-of-way 1861 Jan. 20

Box 1, folder 1, Item 3

Regarding a petition to free the slaves 1864 Apr. 15

Box 1, folder 1, Item 4-5

Two letters to Major Thomas T. Eckert relating to the abortive Hampton Roads Peace Conference of Jan. 30 - Feb. 4, 1865 circa 1865

Box 1, folder 6, Item 1

Lincoln to Dear Doctor (Anson Henry) 1860 Sept. 22

Container Summary: Photostat
 

Lincoln addresses in facsimile

Box 1, folder 2

Sectionalism. Includes information on Lincoln's relationshipe with William W. Wyatt 1856 Oct. 1

Box 1, folder 3

Gettysburg Address 1863

Box 1, folder 9

University of Kentucky Library Lincoln facsimiles

 

#12. Letter to Henry Asbury, 1858 July 31

 

#13. Letter to Horace Greeley, [1861] July 15

 

#14a. Letter to William Herndon, 1848 Feb. 2

 

#14b. Letter to William Herndon, 1848 July 11

 

#18. Telegram to Major General Geo. G. Meade, 1865 Aug. 27

 

#19. Letter to Abraham Jonas, 1860 Feb. 4

 

#20. Letter to Major General Meade, 1865 Sept. 24

 

#22. Letter to Mrs. Amanda H. Hall, 1865 March 20

 

#23. Letter to Edward Everett, 1865 Nov. 20

 

#24 Letter of Sec. of War, 1865 Apr. 10

 

#25 Letter to Maj. Gen. Halleck, 1863 Oct. 16

 

#26 Copy of Gettyburg address

 

#27a Letter to William H. Herndon, 1848 Feb. 2

 

#27b Letter to William H. Herndon, 1848 July 11

 

#28 Part of a mss. in which Lincoln wrote the 12 verses of his favorite poem, "Mortality"

 

#29 "Order of procession at Gettysburg" and "Programme at Gettysburg"

 

#30 Two poems, printed, re Lincoln's death: "The Nation is Weeping" by Louise S. Upham; "Lincoln Lies Sleeping" by Natham Upham

 

Map #7 Map of Kentucky, 1846

Box 1, folder 4

Lincoln signature: letter requesting a commission, endorsed by Lincoln 1863 May 28, 1863 June 1

Box 2, folder 3

Appointment of S.J.W. Tabor as Auditor of Treasury, signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward 1863 May 19

Box 1, folder 5

National Union Party Ticket, Lincoln - Johnson handbill 1865 Apr. 20

Box 3, folder 4

National Union & Democratic Tickets

Scope and Contents

Snall clippings mounted on black paper. Taken from behind framed photograph of man and child taken by Miss Bisbee, Berkeley.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Spencer Bickerton
Box 1, folder 5

J.K. Dubois War Department invitation to accompany Lincoln's body to Springfield April 20, 1865

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dubois, Jesse Kilgore, 1811-1876
Box 1, folder 7

H. H. Dean letter to his children in which he describes the recent Republican convention just completed in Chicago 1860 May 27

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Edna Dean Condon, 1942.
 

Miscellaneous documents

Box 1, folder 8, Item 1

Bishop Simpson's Lincoln Funeral copy (facsimile) of first publication

Box 1, folder 8, Item 2

"Four Days in May" pamphlet on Illinois' participation in funeral

Box 1, folder 10

"Andrew Johnson was Southern Unionist," newsclipping from San Jose Mercury 1972 July 23

Box 2, folder 1

Images of Lincoln

Scope and Contents

Includes large Nahl/Nagel lithograph "To Abraham Lincoln, The Beloved of the Nation" ; two signed Avard Fairbanks photographs of bust and one printed Fairbanks sketch 1940, with outgoing draft of Ray Lyman Wilbur letter December 26, 1940 ; printed portrait by E.A. Burbank 1939, signed by Burbank 1945
Box 2, folder 2

Alexander Hessler portrait of Lincoln, Herbert George Studio, Springfield, Illinois June 3, 1860

Box 3, folder 1-3

Images of Lincoln

Scope and Contents

Includes small oil portrait of Lincoln reading book to Willie (Gift of Mrs. Harry Goldberg) ; cartes-de-visite and other photographs ; prints from the Lincoln Memorial University Collection ; prints by Rand-McNally and Oakland-National Engraving & Gravure Co., etc.
Box 4, Item 1

Photoreproduction of Lincoln appointment of Robert F. Paine as Attorney General

Box 4, Item 2

Engraved portrait of Lincoln by F.B. Carpenter 1866

Box 4, Item 3

Mounted engraved profile of Lincoln (uncredited, Hermann Schaus label on reverse)