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1866 ca.
Unknown
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval photograph of engraved portrait of Lincoln. With two one-cent tax stamps on verso. (Dating based on use of tax stamps.)
GLC02912.02.01
6 October 1862
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Abraham Lincoln endorsement of William Cole].
Lincoln recommends, possibly to Secretary of War Stanton, that William Cole, Esq., editor of the "Irish American," be appointed to a paymastership in the U.S. Army. Originally written on p. 4 of an integral blank leaf of the letter of recommendation...
GLC02086.02
14 December 1782
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Benjamin Lincoln
Later copy. Writes that Major Villefrance, who will deliver the letter, hopes to receive a promotion. He has not been promoted since he joined the service in 1777. Writes that he has been very successful as Commanding Engineer and is highly...
GLC02437.01744
4 April 1836
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Solomon Lincoln Esq.
Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits...
GLC07868
circa 1880-1890
Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912)
Lincoln writing the Emancipation Proclamation
Depicts a menacing-looking Lincoln slumping in his chair writing the Emancipation Proclamation with his left foot sitting on top of a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Demon imagery is found throughout. The Statue of Liberty's head is covered by Lincoln...
GLC00493.03
1865
Kimmel & Forster (fl. 1864-1865)
Columbia's noblest sons
Print of Columbia crowning an image of George Washington and an image of Abraham Lincoln with laurel leaves. To the left of Washington are images from his presidency and the American Revolution, and on the right of Lincoln are images from his...
GLC02597
1865 ca.
The Assassin's Vision
The images shows John Wilkes Booth riding on a black horse through a group of trees with the capitol building visible in the background. A ghostly image of Abraham Lincoln appears between two trees on the left side of the photograph. The trees...
GLC05111.02.0115
1860
Currier & Ives
"The Irrepressible Conflict" or the Republican Barge in Danger
Published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Cartoon making reference to the so-called "Irrepressible Conflict" speech given by New York Senator William Seward at Rochester, New York on 25 October 1858. This speech ignited a firestorm...
GLC03489
Buying a substitute in the North during the war
Image comments negatively upon the Northern policy of allowing men to find a substitute to take their place in the draft. Shows a well-dressed and dandified agent with a holstered pistol showing a timid gentleman into a low class pub where the...
GLC00493.07
J.H. Bufford & Sons
John Wilkes Booth vignette, seated view holding riding crop
Imprint on recto "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by J.H. Bufford & Sons, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Buffords Publishing House....313 Washington St., Boston, Mass."...
GLC05111.02.0126
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