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17 November 1859
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
[$10.00 Check to Mary Todd Lincoln]
Check signed by Lincoln payable to "wife." Printed in blue ink, drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company. Printed by Richards & Smith.
GLC03875
22 July 1860
to George C. Latham re: encouraging Robert's friend to reapply to Harvard
Lincoln writes to his son's friend, who had been rejected by Harvard. He writes a letter of encouragement: "It is a certain truth, that you can enter, and graduate in, Harvard University; and having made the attempt, you must succeed in it. 'Must'...
GLC03876
1860
Browntone silverprint of beardless Lincoln, by Hesler, 1860
GLC04199
1860/07/13-09/14
Rail Mauler [nos. 2-11] [Republican campaign newspaper]
Republican campaign newspaper, that includes news and articles. Includes the text of Lincoln's Cooper Institute address. Paginated from 5-44.
GLC04371
21 May 1860
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
to the New York State Republican Central Committee
Addressed to Charles C. Nott, William H. Ball, A. J. Williamsin, C.S. Spencer, and F. W. Shepherd. Thanks the members of the committee for their support. Expresses his disappointment at not receiving the Republican nomination for president but...
GLC04435
1860/05/31
to Charles C. Nott re: publishing Cooper Institute address (for 1860 election)
Lincoln's letter to Nott concerning the Nott-Brainerd edition of the Cooper Institute address. While gracious for the time they have spent in correcting and annotating his speech, Lincoln is quite adamant that the speech is not to be altered so as to...
GLC04436.01
The Address of... delivered at Cooper Institute [ed. by C.C. Nott & C. Brainerd]
Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co. Edited by Charles C. Nott and Cephas Brainerd and issued by the Young Men's Republican Union of New York. This pamphlet is collateral to Lincoln's letter to Nott, taking him to task for taking liberties in editing...
GLC04436.02
1860/11/03
to William H. Wilson re:did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War
Basler, Roy. P. The Colllected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 1974), Vol. X 1832 - 1865, p. 59
GLC04415
1847/12/10
Congressional Globe. [December 10, 1847]
listing 13th Congress, including Lincoln
GLC08746
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Political debates between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the celebrated campaign of 1858, in Illinois; ...
Title continues, " ... including the preceding speeches of each, at Chicago, Springfield, Etc.; also, the two great speeches of Mr. Lincoln in Ohio, in 1859, as carefully prepared by the reporters of each party, and published at the times of their...
GLC02957
Thayer & Eldridge (Boston, Mass.), fl. 1860
[Republican song book]
From the 1860 Presidential campaign. Published by Thayer & Eldridge, Boston. Original salmon colored wrappers, illustrated with woodcut portrait of Lincoln.
GLC05963
3 April 1837
[Bond on the estate of John M. Bingley].
Signed by Jane Bingley and Thomas J. Nance as co-administrators, and John T. Stuart and Lincoln as legal counsel. Bingley and Nance give bond for 2000 dollars as administrators of John M. Bingley's estate, who died in Morgan County on December 4...
GLC05807
Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
Published by Thayer & Eldridge, printed by George C. Rand & Avery, Boston. With original green wrapper (lacking back) and portrait engraving in front.
GLC05774
1837
An Act to Establish and Maintain a General System of Internal Improvements...
(Lincoln-related.) [Full title] "An act to Establish and Maintain a General System of Internal Improvement with Supplementary Acts: Passed at a General Assembly of the State of Illinois..." First edition printed by William Walters. Stab-stitched.
GLC05776
[State flag printed "Arkansas"]
Cotton Arkansas state flag with red and white stripes and a blue field with stars; "ARKANSAS." painted in black at center. Accompanied by a much later note reading: "[From the] Wigwam Convention 1860 - Chicago. State flag for Abraham Lincoln."
GLC05523
[Lincoln and Hamlin presidential election campaign banner, with eagle].
Printed cotton campaign banner showing an eagle with a long ribbon in his beak reading "Lincoln and Hamlin." The eagle holds a colored Columbia shield in its talons and only 6 arrows. Black ink (printed) with red and blue added in the shield.
GLC05553
1846/01/15
to John Bennett re: lobbying support during his successful bid for Congress
Basler, Roy R. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I 1824 - 1848, p. 355
GLC05927
17 July 1858
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, delivered in Springfield, Saturday evening, July 17, 1858.
Discusses the upcoming election and the disadvantages the Republican Party faces in it. Traces the development of his attitudes toward slavery and equality. Expresses his conviction that the southern slave power was engaged in a conspiracy to...
GLC06214.01
1835
Battey, Joel, 1790-?
Address of the Starksborough and Lincoln anti-slavery society to the public.
First edition, presented to Kimball 8 November 1834. Printed by Knapp and Jewett. In faded orange wrappers as issued. With printed constitution of the Society inside rear wrapper. Kimball signed outer cover. A note written on title page...
GLC06137
[Wide-awake election of 1860 campaign ribbon]
Republican campaign ribbon supporting Abraham Lincoln for President printed with "Wide Awake," and a large eye. Printed on white silk. Thousands of young men turned out in "Wide Awake" torchlight parades in support of Lincoln. The Wide Awakes are...
GLC05865
circa 16 May 1860
Judd, Norman B., 1815-1878
to Marshall Pinkney Wilder
Co-signed by Oliver Lowndes Davis, a member of the Illinois delegation. Judd, an Illinois State Senator, responds on behalf of the Illinois delegation to the Chairman of the Massachusetts delegation prior to the 1860 presidential election. States,...
GLC07671
1839/12/09
Journal of the House of Representatives...of the State of Illinois...
GLC07678
1839-1841
Hand, George, fl. 1839-1841
Log of Whaler "Hamilton"
Portrait of the Lincoln Assassination conspirator after his capture. By Gardner, printed circa 1880's.
GLC07664
1836
Stuart, Charles, fl. 1836
A memoir of Granville Sharp
First edition; early publisher's cloth. Includes Patrick Reason's first published portrait engraving. Reason was an black artist. Collateral to Lincoln manuscript GLC 5302, referring to Granville Sharp.
GLC06841
27 August 1860
Tyler, John, 1790-1862
to Robert Tyler
Tyler, former President of the United States, elaborates on the 1860 Presidential election to his son Robert. States that he discussed the election with Colonel William T. Withers of Mississippi. Expresses approval at the fusion of Stephen Douglas'...
GLC07112
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