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1860
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate for President [medal]
Brass medal: "Abraham Lincoln Republican candidate for President / The great rail splitter of the west must & shall be our next President."
GLC07260
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
6 November 1863
Yeatman, James E. (1818-1901)
[Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freed slaves]
The Western Sanitary Commission informs President Lincoln that many freed enslaved people in the Mississippi Valley have no provisions, clothing, or bedding, and little cooking supplies or knowledge as to using such. States that "To meet the present...
GLC01545.11
9 May 1865
Wilson, James Harrison (1837-1925)
[Lincoln assassination reward]
Reprinting the orders of Gen. James H. Wilson seeking the arrest of Jefferson Davis, Clement Clay, Jacob Thompson, George N. Saunders, Beverly Tucker and William C. Cleary. Lists the rewards for the capture of each person as follows: Davis, Clay...
GLC04527
20 April 1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (1814-1869)
[Lincoln assassination reward poster]
Contains a message from the War Department advertising a $100,000 total reward for the capture of John Surrat, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold. Specifies amount rewarded for each capture: Booth ($50,000), Surrat ( $25,000), and Herold ($25,000)...
GLC04092
circa 1864
Unknown
[Election campaign banner: Ohio. Union. Lincoln.]
Cotton election campaign banner with angle cut bottom. Reads, in three lines: "OHIO. UNION. LINCOLN." (possibly stenciled?). There is a star on each of three points on the bottom of the banner. The banner has holes at top and middle for fastening...
GLC05089
1860 ca.
1860 Pro-Lincoln campaign ribbon, based on Brady portrait
GLC07769.01
12 February 1861
President Lincoln's Farewell Address to his Old neighbors, Springfield, February 12, 1861
Published by N. Bangs Williams, Providence, Rhode Island.
GLC07748
1863
Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation
Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft freeing the slaves in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago....
GLC04654
15 April 1865
Dispatch! Extra. Death of the President
Newspaper clipping reports that President Lincoln is dead. Falsely announces that Secretary Seward has also been murdered. Includes information on the plotting of the assassination.
GLC06107.38
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