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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0803-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Title
- Lincoln's Surveying Instruments [stereocard]
- Place Written
- Springfield, Illinois
- Pagination
- 1 stereocard Height: 8.6 cm, Width: 17.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The compass, chain, saddle bags and "Jacob's Staff" used by Abraham Lincoln as a deputy land surveyor in Sangamon County from 1833-36. Inscription on verso: "Frank H. Hamilton. 700 South 7th Street Springfield Illinois." Additional inscription on verso: "1932 Presented [?] by Annie Hamilton." Photographed by Richards and Pittman, North Side Square, Springfield, Illinois.
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