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Priest, R. R.
Lincoln and Family
White mount. Image of Lincoln and son Tad looking at Brady album, with Mary Lincoln, Robert Lincoln, and portrait of Willie Lincoln added. Photo of engraving. [O-93 variant].
GLC05136.14
Anthony, E.
"Mrs. Lincoln & Sons"
White mount. Full length, standing view of Mary Lincoln in between Willie and Tad Lincoln. Stamp of J[?]as. S. Waters, Baltimore, on verso.
GLC05136.19
23 November 1815
Hewson, John (1744-1821)
to Rufus Lincoln
Saw Lincoln's daughter, who brought a letter from Lincoln in response to Hewson's of 4 July 1815. Glad that Lincoln enjoyed his last letter. Expresses joy that Lincoln might come to visit. Tells him his wife died on 30 September 1815 after a nine...
GLC03849.03
17 November 1859
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[$10.00 Check to Mary Todd Lincoln]
Check signed by Lincoln payable to "wife." Printed in blue ink, drawn on the Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company. Printed by Richards & Smith.
GLC03875
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
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
[Mary Lincoln, carte de visite, seated, half-length]
White mount with purple border. Seated, half length view of Mary Lincoln facing proper right.
GLC05136.18
Brady, Matthew B.
[Mary Todd Lincoln, carte de visite, three-quarter length standing view]
White mount. Three-quarter length standing view of Mary Todd Lincoln in her inaugural gown. Same image as # 16, though slightly lighter.
GLC05136.17
White mount with orange border. Three-quarter length standing view of Mary Todd Lincoln in her inaugural gown. Same image as #17, though slightly darker.
GLC05136.16
[1842/09/09]
Elections in Sangamon County, Illinois, for State Representatives...
Said to have been presented to his fiance Mary Todd, listing election results for 1832, 1834 and 1836. Lincoln has signed his name three times, once for each time he ran. Attested by clerk Noah W. Matheny, pages 2-3, with seal on p. 3. See...
GLC01978
7 May 1837
to Mary Owens
To the woman he almost married: "Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented." Owens rejected Lincoln's marriage proposal in 1837, the second of the three...
GLC08085
[1850/05/23 ca.]
Instructions to the jury in Sarah Alsop v. John Sturgeon
Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore." Signed "Ficklin & Lincoln."
GLC07516.02
1850/05/23
Legal documents: motion filed, with instructions to jury [decimalized]
Legal documents. Lincoln defended Sturgeon who was accused of calling Alsop a "Whore."
GLC07516
9 April 1816
Dean, Philip (fl. 1816)
[Taunton Selectmen request the Selectmen of Middleborough, Massachusetts to remove a Middleborough citizen from Taunton]
Partially printed document accomplished by hand. Dean, Ichabod Leonard, Thomas Lincoln, Samuel Stapels, and Abrathor Williams sign as Overseers of the Poor, also called the Selectmen, for Taunton. State that Alvina Traveller, "a black woman an...
GLC04693
24 June 1825
Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
to James William Paige
Informs his brother-in-law of his family's vacation to Niagara Falls. Refers to a visit from Massachusetts Governor Levi Lincoln Jr. and his wife. States that his wife Grace forgot "two white waistcoats and a pair of working pantaloons" for their...
GLC01946.02
13 July 1846
Shelby, Virginia (fl. 1846)
to her brother Tobias Gibson
Extends an invitation for Tobias to visit. Writes news of family and friends. She adds the rather intriguing remark: "Mrs. Fishback I think has forgotten her fathers [sic] land, her Lincoln kin."
GLC04501.053
1820-1879
Gilpin, Sarah Lydia (1802-1894)
[Diaries and journals of Sarah Lydia Gilpin] [word processed inventory available]
Diary of a woman who was a close friend of Sophie Du Pont. Writings span with gaps, 1820-21, 1863-72, 1874-75, 1879. Diaries are written from Wilmington, Delaware and New York City. The author of the later diaries corresponded with Admiral S.F. Du...
GLC06846
20 December 1860
Painter, Heber (fl. 1841-1900)
to sister Ella
Written on the day South Carolina seceded from the Union. Jokingly writes that he dreamt of being at a party with agreeable young ladies, but was abruptly awakened when he fell off his chair. Reports of strong Union feelings in Washington City...
GLC02016.001
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