Note from Abraham Lincoln asking that Charles F. Johnson be given parole in Cleveland. Johnson is unidentified, but presumably from Senator Lazarus W. Powell's state, Kentucky. Accompanied by photograph (GLC00206.02) of Lincoln and Tad, reading (with...

GLC00206.01

Collection Item

Photograph

[Photograph of Abraham and "Tad" Lincoln]

February 9, 1864

Berger, Anthony, fl. 1864

Photograph of A. Lincoln and his ten-year-old son "Tad" reading. (with tax stamp on back). An enduring popular image of Lincoln and his youngest son. This informal joint portrait, taken in Brady's Washington studio, features Lincoln seated with a...

GLC00206.02

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Presidential note and photograph] [Decimalized .01-.02]

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