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1858 ca.

Abraham Lincoln, vignette [ambrotype], Burleigh [cabinet card]. 1858 ca.

Inscription on verso: "For Payces copied from ambrotype made at Pittsfield Ills 1858." Vignette portrait from 1858 ambryotype. Printed below image: "Burleigh Main St. Jerseyville, Ills."

GLC05111.01.0637

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Book

1876

Jouault, Alfonso, fl. 1876

Abraham Lincoln Su Juventud Y Sud Vida Politica [In Sapnish]

JB00534

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Photograph

27 February 1860

Brady, Mathew B., 1823-1896

[Abraham Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]

Three-quarter length, standing view. [O-17].

GLC05136.01

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Photograph

November 1863, 1910 ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner [later print] [O-77 detail]

Detail of Alexander Gardner's famous November 8, 1863 portrait, reprinted about 1910 by Jason Rice. Ostendorf O-77 Head detail (p. 145). Labelled "no. 36." Accompanied by a photograph of Jason Rice's attestation of authenticity (in collateral file)...

GLC00245

History Now Essay

"All Should Have an Equal Chance": Abraham Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence

Jonathan W. White

In many ways, the Gettysburg Address reflects the culmination of Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong admiration for the principles of the Declaration of Independence. As a young man in 1838, Lincoln responded to the wave of mob violence...

Appears in:

67 | The Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era Summer 2023

News

Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln, Mary Owens, and the Accidental Engagement

Read the full transcript of the letter Lincoln wrote Mary Owens and view the Lincoln Speaks exhibition that explores the power of Lincoln's words.

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Book signed

1860

Follett, Foster and Company, fl. 1860

Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas

One book entitled, "Political debates between the Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas" dated 1860. Item is a printing of the speeches between Abraham Lincoln and Stepehen Douglas from June 1858 to October 1858. Speech topics covered...

GLC01301

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Engraving

1864

Serz, John, 1808-1881

Abraham Lincoln President of the United States signing the Emancipation Proclamation

Black and white engraving showing Lincoln seated at a table with the Holy Bible, facing forward with a handwritten copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in his left hand. Engraved by John Serz after a painting by W. E. Winner. Published by John...

GLC03531

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Book

1855-1886

McNear, Franklin E., fl. 1855-1886

Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]

GLC04035

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