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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
1861-1865 ca.
Abraham Lincoln
Full length seated view, holding glasses in right hand and paper in left hand.
GLC05135.093
S.M Fasset's New Gallery
Photograph of an engraving. Seated, half-length view.
GLC05135.094
14 January 1865
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Abraham Lincoln endorsement]
Lincoln endorsement written on the fourth page of an autograph letter signed of P. Golden from Bangor, Maine to John H. Rice of Washington dated 29 December 1864. Golden asks that a cousin John Murphy, a prisoner of war, be discharged. Golden...
GLC01772
16 September 1862
Ross, John, 1790-1866;
to Abraham Lincoln
One letter addressed to Abraham Lincoln from John Ross dated September 16, 1862. Pertains to a visit with the Cherokee Nation. Mentions how they would like to establish a relationship with the United States.
GLC01233.02
16 August 1862
Dennison, William (1815-1882)
Informs President Lincoln that: "I have just mailed to you a copy of this morning's Columbus Journal containing my denial of a reported conversation between us in relation to the Secy of War & Genl. Halleck, which I will be glad to have you see."
GLC02490.05
30 August 1862
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland) (1808-1873)
Petition to President Lincoln recommending "the immediate removal of George B. McClellan from the Command of any army of the United States," signed by Chase, Stanton, and Smith. These three members of Lincoln's cabinet feel "constrained to urge this...
GLC00776
1864/04/12 ca.
Powell, Governor L.
To: Abraham Lincoln.
Kentucky Governor Powell requested allowance of Confederate POW's to take the oath of Dec. 8th, including prisoners at Camp Chase, Johnson's Island, Camp Douglas, etc.
With note and signature from Lincoln: "Excepting commissioned officers... let the...
GLC07943
1 October 1862
Forney, John Wien (1817-1881)
Secretary of the Senate J.W. Forney recommends William Cole, Esq., editor of the "Irish American," for a paymastership in the U.S. army. Cole also comes recommended by Bishop John Hughes, General Michael Corcoran, Horace Greeley, and New York...
GLC02086.01
13 September 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) (1822-1885)
Grant, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army responds to President Lincoln's letter of 12 September (refer to GLC07084.01). Writes "It has been my intention for a week...to see Sheridan and arrange what was necessary to enable him to start...
GLC07084.02
24 August 1864
Grant requests a promotion for Theodore S. Bowers, which Lincoln approves with his own signature. Grant wishes that Bowers be promoted from Lieutenant Colonel in the volunteer army to the Adjutant General's Department in the regular army. For this...
GLC00639.09
1953
Brown, Marion E. (fl. 1953-)
"Abraham Lincoln, Capt."
GLC08880.157
11 June 1863
True copy of a letter from General Grant to President Lincoln, written one week after the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Grant. Grant encloses a report (not included) created by General John Eaton discussing African Americans within his...
GLC05485.03
30 January 1862
Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891)
Signed by Hannibal Hamlin as Vice President. Also signed by members of Congress including Representatives from Maine; Lot Myrick Morrill, John N. Goodwin, Charles Wesley Walton, John H. Rice, Frederick Augustus Pike, Anson Peaslee Morrill, and Ohio...
GLC05603.01.10
1861-1877
Jenks, Ethan A.
Captain Jenks requests that President Lincoln reconsider the 12 June 1863 order dismissing him from military service.
GLC02750.071
16 July 1863
Smith, James
Smith, Governor of Rhode Island, informs President Lincoln that "the first notice which Captain Ethan A. Jenks received of the commission on the charge made against him was the order dismissing him from Service, while on duty at the Siege of...
GLC02750.054
2 December 1863
Worden, John Lorimer (1818-1897)
Written by Captain Worden to President Lincoln. Says the Reverend Alfred C. Roe wishes to make himself useful to the suppression of the rebellion and that he seeks an appointment as a chaplain in the army. Claims to have known Roe for some time and...
GLC02466.17
no date
[Lithograph of Abraham Lincoln]
Oval lithograph of a portrait of Lincoln. Printed at bottom, "Late President of the U.S. assassinated April 14, 1865."
GLC08879.01.09
Donaldson & Elmes
Oval lithograph of a portrait of Lincoln. With decorative border.
GLC08879.01.08
[Engraving of Abraham Lincoln]
Engraving of Lincoln sitting in an armchair with a book in his lap. Based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel. Adhered to a cardboard backer board. Bottom of page is cut off.
GLC03878.02
n.d.
Bickwell, W. H. W. (ca. 1850-1865)
[Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Print of a pen and ink drawing of Lincoln from the waist up without a beard. Issued to the members of the Bibliophile Society.
GLC08879.01.03
Abraham Lincoln's face only
GLC08880.129
Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis
Petition to Abraham Lincoln
re: returning control of the church to Union clergy. With AES of Abraham Lincoln (4 March 1864) re: necessity of separation between church and state; and AES of Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut (18 March 1864) re: "no military necessity" for taking...
GLC04813.01
Wilson, J. J. & W.
Oval engraving from a painting by John A. O'Neill. Published by Elias Dexter and Son.
GLC08879.01.06
Abraham Lincoln [split stereocard]
Image of Abraham Lincoln seated and looking directly at the camera. Inscription on image: "1861 The War For the Union. 1865" Inscription on verso: "This view is not a fair sample of the war views. The 'negative' is very poor . . . ." followed by a...
GLC05111.01.1234
4 March 1865
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
GLC08880.150
6 October 1862
[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
1860
Currier & Ives
[Color print depicting Abraham Lincoln]
The caption underneath this print describes Lincoln as the Republican candidate for sixteenth President of the United States. A red drapery serves as a backdrop for this oval-shaped print. Published by Currier & Ives. Note along the bottom of the...
GLC02132.01
1866
Bonhajo, Louis (fl. 1939)
[Print of a painting of Abraham Lincoln]
Profile view of Lincoln's head and shoulders. Depicted without a beard. Copyrighted and printed by R.L. Parkinson from a painting by Louis Bonhajo. With text at bottom entitled, "Lincoln's First Nomination - May 1860." The text describes how...
GLC08879.01.02
25 March 1865
[Pardon of Robert Barnett by Abraham Lincoln]
Barnett was arrested during the New York Draft Riots and convicted of discouraging enlistments, he was pardoned due to poor health. Endorsed on verso on the date of Lincoln's death. (c/s F.W. Seward)
GLC03912
circa 1866
Kellogg, E.B. & E.C. (fl. 1866)
Justice, Liberty, Equality [Portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Chromolithographed oval bust portrait of Lincoln surrounded by a wreath, with dove of peace at top and "Justice, Liberty, Equality" on tri-color ribbon at bottom. Printed with caption "Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. Born...
GLC04245
Abraham Lincoln entering Richmond, April 3, 1865
Engraving by J. C. Buttre from a drawing by L. Hollis. Published by B.B. Russell & Co., Boston. Shows Lincoln with his son Tad on a visit to Richmond. African American men, women, and children are rejoicing around him.
GLC05866
Warren, Dr. Louis A. (fl. 1950-)
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, An Evaluation
GLC08880.040
1960
Turner, Justin G. (fl. 1960-)
The Carvalho Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
GLC08880.071
22 October 1861
[Endorsement by Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott]
Lincoln requests that Lieutenant General Scott see James Woodruff of the Ordnance Office to consider whether to purchase the guns proposed in the letter from Woodruff to J. W. Ripley in GLC 337.01. Scott signs that he agrees with Brigadier General...
GLC00337.02
Marshall, William Edgar (1837-1906)
[Engraving of portrait of Abraham Lincoln]
Artist's proof signed in lower right corner, "Wm. E. Marshall."
GLC03201
1864
[Chromolithograph oil portrait of Abraham Lincoln, framed]
Idealized oil chromolithograph of Lincoln mounted on wooden backing within an oval wood frame. Published by E. C. Middleton & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
GLC02914
Brady, Mathew B. (ca. 1823-1896)
[Vignette of Abraham Lincoln and son Tad]
Reproduction of a photograph taken by Brady. Lincoln and his son are looking at an album of cartes.
GLC07963.02
1939
Stevens, Frank E. (fl. 1939-)
The Dixon Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Tradition
GLC08880.032
18 January 1865
[Pardon of John H. Craigmiles by Abraham Lincoln]
Tennessean rebel whose pardon was recommended by Andrew Johnson. Unusual Civil War pardon date for a rebel. (c/s Seward)
GLC00870
1865
Departure of the Remains (of Abraham Lincoln)
GLC09118.12
1862/10/21
Cooper, Peter (1791-1883)
A letter from Peter Cooper to ....Abraham Lincoln
Addressing opposition to slavery and duty of govt to induce slaves to fight for the Union. Printed with "what they have to do who stay at home" regarding the Sanitary Commission by F.L. Olmstead. Loyal Publication Society, No. 28-Part II. Disbound
GLC06853
13 July 1863
Tolman, Benjamin (fl.1863)
By Order of Abraham Lincoln... A draft [Dedham, Mass.]
Broadside announcing the institution of a draft in Dedham, Massachusetts, signed at the court house in Concord, Mass. by members of the Board of Enrolment: S. Benton Thompson, Addison G. Fay, and David S. Fogg. Insertions made in black crayon...
GLC04531
28 September 1863
to Abraham Lincoln re: relieving Hooker of Duty
"The request was possibly attributable to Gen. Hooker's persuasion that he could not rely on cordial cooperation from General Halleck...You will readily understand what distrust this conflict of orders might give rise to."
GLC07711
The chair in which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated [split stereocard]
Image of the chair in which Lincoln was assassinated. Inscription on recto: "The Chair Lincoln sat in when he was Shot." Numeric notation on recto: "3405." Inscription on verso: "Collection. H.W. Fay." Numeric notations on verso: "#12B" and "12."
GLC05111.01.1218
Serz, John (ca. 1810-ca. 1878)
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
23 February 1865
Thomas, A. J. (fl. 1865)
[Bond regarding Bronson's response to Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers]
Bronson citizens indemnify township trustees "to the amount of 2700 dollars against any loss, upon their issuing their bonds for the same amount for the purpose of procuring volunteers to fill the Quota of the Township under the late call of under...
GLC06452.05.05
1863/02/19
Schofield, John McAllister (1831-1906)
to Abraham Lincoln, re: seeking position of military governor of Arkansas
Asking Lincoln to be considered a candidate for military governor of Arkansas
GLC06886
4 March 1861
Chicago Tribune (fl. 1861)
Chicago Tribune Extra. Inaugural message of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
Printing of Lincoln's first inaugural address in three columns. This was printed the day of Lincoln's inauguration. Lincoln proclaims his determination to preserve the Union. In an attempt to assuage the South, he says he will not interfere with the...
GLC02316
The Inaugural address of President Abraham Lincoln delivered at the National Capitol, March 4, 1865.
Contemporary printing of Lincoln's second inaugural address. Printed in dark blue ink. Title is in large, bold type with the text of the address in double columns underneath.
GLC06044
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