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to Rufus Lincoln

Asks forgiveness for not replying to his last letter as he was ill. But says his health is as good and his morals as upright when they were on "the Island" (New York ) together (from a reference in another letter, it appears he escaped in October...

GLC03849.02

to Rufus Lincoln

Claims to be suffering from severe influenza and that he might die soon. Hopes they can meet in heaven.

GLC03849.07

[$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

[Full length seated portrait of Lincoln]

Printed signature in Lincoln's hand beneath portrait: "Your obt. servt. A. Lincoln" Lincoln is seated in an armchair known as a "Brady Chair," which previously belonged to the House of Representatives. The original portrait was taken on November 8...

GLC05111.01.0466

Lincoln's Springfield home with funerary bunting

Large crowd gathered in front of Lincoln's home. Inscription on recto "Entered according to the Act of Congress, by S.M. Fassett, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Illinois." Graphite...

GLC05111.02.0035

"The late residence of President Lincoln"

White mount. "Home of Abraham Lincoln" penciled on recto. View showing the front and side of the Lincoln home in Springfield. Lincoln and his two sons are standing on the front porch of the house. Two additional male figures in the foreground...

GLC05136.21

[Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 election token]

Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .02.

GLC08499.01

[Lincoln and Hamlin 1860 election token]

Republican election token from the 1860 presidential election with photographic portraits of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin on opposite sides. With hole punched at top. Same as .01.

GLC08499.02

[Collection of Conrad, Abraham and John Bope] [decimalized]

Collection consists of 10 Conrad Bope letters (1861-63), 4 John Bope letters (1862) and 9 Abraham Bope letters (1862-65). Conrad and John Bope served in the 49th Ohio Volunteers, while Abraham served in the 61st Ohio Volunteers. Letters mention the...

GLC03523.03

Lincoln or related images, mostly cartes re: Lincoln, funeral, family, Booth [decimalized]

Carte de visites, stereographs, etc. from E. & H. T. Anthony and others. Several are later reprints. Includes 2 Lincoln portrait stereographs from Anthony's "Prominent Persons," 13 stereos of Lincoln's funeral; 31 CDVs of Lincoln, his family and...

GLC05136

Lincoln's tomb with soldiers on guard

Graphite inscription on verso "37A," "Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield Ill," "Receiving vault for cemetery then and now. Soldiers on guard," "held remains President and Willie. Nov. & Dec. 1865." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire...

GLC05111.02.0045

[Draft of speech introducing Lincoln]

Reads in part, "God has made our future peace depend on virtue -- and our national health on wise and temperate use of the blessings entrusted to our care." On page four he begins to introduce Lincoln but does not finish. With cross-outs and...

GLC06474

Mrs. Lincoln in a dark gown

Mary Lincoln may have still been mourning the loss of her son Willie (died 2/20/1862) when this photograph was taken. Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by E & HT Anthony in the Clerk's Office of the District...

GLC05111.02.0061

Engraving of Clinton, Earl of Lincoln

One engraving of Clinton, Earl of Lincoln dated 1836. Half portrait of Lincoln based on a painting by Cornelius Ketel.

GLC08878.1594

Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]

Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.

GLC01233

Announces presentation of Lincoln painting to the Governor to commemorate Lincoln's birthday

GLC08880.095

small flyer showing map of Lincoln shrines along Lincoln National Memorial Highway

GLC08880.127

[metallic token with lithograph of Lincoln]

Metallic token painted black with gold designs and gold back. Center of token has colored lithograph of Lincoln under glass

GLC05136.53

Lincoln in Washington, O-53

O-53. Published from a cracked negative. Graphite inscription on verso "300-," "KC," "O-53," "**Book," "94.620," and "81/724." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. Anthony 501 Broadway New York, from Photographic negatives in Brady's...

GLC05111.02.0007

to Abraham Scot re: need for financial assistance

GLC03107.04777

Vignette bust portrait of Lincoln, O-103

O-103. Graphite inscription on verso "O-103." Ink inscription on verso "Abraham Lincoln. For Francis Carleton from Aunt Lizzie Bachelders collection of photos."

GLC05111.02.0025

Lincoln the president: Springfield to Gettysburg vol 1

First two volumes of a four volume set. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc. in Binghampton, New York. Dedicated "To Ruth, whose unfailing help and interest illumined the labor of these pages." Details the...

GLC00267.279.01

Lincoln the president: Springfield to Gettysburg vol 2

First two volumes of a four volume set. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Inc. in Binghampton, New York. Dedicated "To Ruth, whose unfailing help and interest illumined the labor of these pages." Details the...

GLC00267.279.02

Lincoln Said Women Should Vote

Washington woman suffrage poster, featuring Abraham Lincoln's quote, "I go for all sharing the priviledges of government who assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding women."

GLC09103

to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]

Says Lincoln's daughter reports his health is as good as can be expected. Hewson says his health has been poor since last winter and that he was confined to the house for eight or nine weeks. Says God wanted him to live in order to help his youngest...

GLC03849.04

Lincoln was Tough on Officers

GLC08880.051

photo of bust of Lincoln

GLC08880.092

When Lincoln Became a National Figure

GLC08880.123

The Riddle of Lincoln's Religion

GLC08880.135

Lincoln's Springfield home with funerary bunting

Photograph has been removed from a book. A small group of men and boys gathered on the corner in front of the house. Black bunting hangs around windows and white bunting hangs from the roof. Graphite inscription on verso "Barrett," "2723/3-1/133,"...

GLC05111.02.0034

[Analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates]

One typed document created by William H. Taft dated February 4, 1926. Pertains to the debate of slavery between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Two lines inserted in Taft's hand on page 14 and numerous other corrections. Signed and dated by...

GLC01488

Lincoln's pallbearers (5 photographs) [broken-up**]

Includes: Senator John Conness of CA (a); Reverdy Johnson of MD(b); Senator L.F.S. Foster of CN(c); Senator Benjamin Wade of Ohio(d); General Henry W. Halleck of Kentucky(e).

GLC05111.02.0046

Carte de visite portrait of Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Tad from lithograph

GLC00241.03

Increasing Importance of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Address given before Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania

GLC08880.010

Vignette profile view of Lincoln, O-89

O-89. In 1909, Victor D. Brenner used this portrait and O-88 as models for the Lincoln-head penny (Ostendorf, 174). Graphite inscription on verso"O-89C." Ink inscription on verso "Lincoln, Abraham." Photographers imprint on verso: "Published by E. &...

GLC05111.02.0021

Vignette bust view of Lincoln, O-89

O-89. In 1909, Victor D. Brenner used this portrait and O-88 as models for the Lincoln-head penny (Ostendorf, 174). Graphite inscription on verso "O-89B." Ink inscription on verso "Lincoln, Abraham." Photographers imprint on verso "Brady's National...

GLC05111.02.0022

Queries to Lincoln, and answers

Signed at the conclusion by Benjamin Lincoln. Pages divided into two columns. The left column contains sixteen issues about which Knox would like further direction and information from General Benjamin Lincoln. Some of these include questions and...

GLC02437.01942

to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]

Undated, circa date inferred from other letters in the collection. Note in pencil in different hand says page 13 is the last, but it is missing here. Pages numbered 5-12 so beginning and end of letter are missing. After escaping to New Jersey...

GLC03849.08

The Capitol Building mourning Lincoln

The Capitol bedecked in mourning for Lincoln's funeral. Hundreds of mourners are seen all around the building, on both the stairs and the balconies of the second floor. Inscription on verso: "Lincoln's Funeral Capitol Wash." Numeric notation on verso...

GLC05111.01.0928

[Printed letter from Lincoln to McClellan].

Contemporary printed copy of Lincoln's April 9, 1862 letter to McClellan castigating him for failing to adequately defend Washington and for his lack of action: "The country will not fail to note--is noting now--that the present hesitation to move...

GLC08245