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1 November 1820
Hewson, John (1744-1821)
to Rufus Lincoln
Claims to be suffering from severe influenza and that he might die soon. Hopes they can meet in heaven.
GLC03849.07
23 August 1862
Punch, or the London Charivari
Lincoln's Two Difficulties
Reproduced from Punch.
GLC05603.02.88
8 July 1817
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
1910
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
circa 1820
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
7 March 1781
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
to Benjamin Lincoln [incomplete]
Later copy. Discusses General Cornwallis' movements in the south in detail, particularly by the Virginia/North Carolina border and Generals Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan's efforts in harrassing him. Wonders about Benedict Arnold's movements...
GLC02437.00906
25 March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Lincoln's appointment of Joshua Reed Giddings as Consul General]
Also signed by William Henry Seward as Secretary of State. President Lincoln appoints former Ohio Representative Giddings to serve as Consul General of the United States for the British North American Provinces. Has a seal on bottom left corner.
GLC01413
1813-1820
Letters to Rufus Lincoln [Decimalized .01-.08]
Includes personal news and an account of his escape from the British in New York in 1778. Accompanied by a sheet of paper that appears to have originally stored the documents, stating "Capt Hewsons Letters to my Father Rufus Lincoln." Includes a...
GLC03849
September 1981
Unknown
Friendship Press, Spanish American Institute Presents Special Lincoln Day Edition
Flyer for Lincoln Day Celebration
GLC08880.043
March 1939
Bullard, Lauriston F. (fl. 1939-)
Lincoln Pardons Conspirator on Plea of an English Statesman
GLC08880.088
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