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11 November 1853
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to Lewis M. Hays
Encloses a draft for $100 (not present). States he did not receive Hays' letter dated 12 October until yesterday as he was out of town.
GLC00756
November 1860
Ferrill, Julius A. (d. 1861)
[Resolutions of the Southern Rights Vigilance Club]
Signed by Ferrill with over 25 others. Concerns their opposition to Abraham Lincoln and abolitionism. Resolves to "resist and prevent" Lincoln's inauguration (if elected), to offer their services to any seceding state, to resist anyone who would...
GLC00837
1860/02/05
to Norman B. Judd, re: upcoming presidential campaign
Docketed by Judd on verso. Written by Lincoln as Presidential candidate at a time of revelations of old anti-Lincoln statements by Judd.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol...
GLC01214
25 June 1852
to Onslow Peters
Discusses a case concerning the sale and purchase of land held in trust for a minor. The Tazewell lands were purchased by the guardian of a minor named Shurtluff, using the proceeds from the sale of the original land held in trust for him. The...
GLC01236
1860 ca.
Whipple, J. A.
The residence of late President Lincoln, Springfield, Ill.
Carte-de-visite showing Lincoln and Tad on the front porch in the distance. (The two people on the street are unidentified.) O-38 (M-23) Ostendorf p. 56, who says the negative was taken by John Adams Whipple of Boston in the Summer of 1860.
GLC01262
1857/09/30
to Richard Yates re: urging him to run for election for Illinois governor
Yates served as governor of Illinois during the Civil War. Basler 2: 424.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 424
GLC02315
1847/01/31-1848/03/23
Lincoln, Solomon (fl. 1847-1848)
2 letters to Francis Bassett concerning Mexico
1. ALS. Solomon Lincoln to Francis Bassett re: Congressional elections, Texas, Gen.s. Taylor & Scott . Hingham, Mass. 3 p. (29x30 cm) Mentions Governor Young pardoning 18 anti-rent (riot) convicts as well as Generals Taylor and Scott....
GLC02390.01
10 March 1841
Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841)
Appointment of Solomon Lincoln, Marshal for Massachusetts (c/s Webster)
Countersigned by Webster as Secretary of State.
GLC02793.023
1860
Bartlett, David W. (fl. 1859-1860)
Life and public services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln
Published by H. Dayton. A work encompassing the political life of Abraham Lincoln up to 1860. The book is divided into four main chapters: early history, Congress, the senatorial race, and the Republican National Convention of 1860. Bartlett was a...
GLC02913.01
22 July 1849
to James Berdan
Relates that he recently received a letter from the Clerk to the General Land Office John Addison indicating that their commissioner Justin Butterfield considers Berdan eligible to gain an appointment to the Office. States that if Berdan indeed...
GLC03190
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
14 October 1857
Daily Illinois state journal. [Vol. 10, no. 75 (October 14, 1857)]
Announcement of a mass convention against the 'National Administration.' The death notice of Washington Park Custis (last member of George Washington's family and father-in-law to R. E. Lee.). Front page includes an add for law firm of (Abraham)...
GLC08430.07
1850
United States Congress (31st, 1st session : 1849)
Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1849
Published by the Office of Printers to the Senate. Includes an introduction by Thomas Ewbank, Commissioner of Patents. Contains sections on financial and statistical aspects of the patent office, inventions and claims, examiners' and machinists'...
GLC08567
10 December 1847
Congressional Globe. [December 10, 1847]
listing 13th Congress, including Lincoln
GLC08746
19 September 1859
Douglas an Enemy to the North.
Title continues: Reasons Why the North Should Oppose Judge Douglas. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Delivered at Cincinnati, September 19, 1859. Paraphrases and summarizes a speech delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lincoln says Douglas...
GLC08933
1859 October 4
Fassett, Samuel M. (fl. 1859)
[Abraham Lincoln]
Oval albumen print portrait of Lincoln. Ostendorf O-16, which provides dating. Taken while visiting Chicago.
GLC05133.01
Unknown
[Campaign election token of 1860]
Stamped with profile of Abraham Lincoln with an inscription on edge, "Abm: Lincoln, Rep. Candidate for President." Also includes inscriptions on reverse, "Protection to American Industry," and slogan, "Free homes for free men." With hole punched at...
GLC03702
17 November 1859
[$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
22 July 1860
to George C. Latham re: encouraging Robert's friend to reapply to Harvard
Lincoln writes to his son's friend, who had been rejected by Harvard. He writes a letter of encouragement: "It is a certain truth, that you can enter, and graduate in, Harvard University; and having made the attempt, you must succeed in it. 'Must'...
GLC03876
1859
Tintype photograph taken by Cole in 1858, in later case; campaign image
Tintype, apparently based on Ostendorf 14 (the tintype reverses the image). Hamilton & Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs, p. 28 suggests that Roderick M. Cole of Peoria made the image about 1858. (See GLC 590.)
GLC03950
1855-1886
McNear, Franklin E. (fl. 1855-1886)
Autograph book and letter from Abraham Lincoln [Decimalized .01- .02]
GLC04035
28 August 1860
to Franklin McNear
Sends his autograph as McNear requested. Torn or cut from McNear's album (GLC04035.02).
GLC04035.01
[Republican campaign token for 1860 election]
With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.
GLC04102.02
With photographs of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, on opposing sides. Stamped with their names and the year. Gold border. Punched with hole at top.
GLC04102.03
GLC04102.04
Republican "Wide-Awake," sixth-plate ruby glass ambrotype, election of 1860
Depicts a serious young man in a waterproof cap and cape, holding an oil torch. The image has been painted to suggest light from the torch. The "wide awakes" led processions supporting Lincoln in the election of 1860. Nevins "Emergence of Lincoln"...
GLC05187
circa 1858
Pearson, T. P.
[Print of Abraham Lincoln photograph by Pearson]
Print of Abraham Lincoln (by "Joyce"). On glossy paper. Original photograph is an ambrotype by T. P. Pearson, Macomb, Illinois, 26 August 1858. O-8 [refers to Ostendorf identification number].
GLC05241.47
25 May 1849
to Elisha Embree
Writes that he has heard that the General Land Office is going to be given to Illinois and that Thomas Ewing, the Secretary of the Interior, wants Justin Butterfield to be appointed. Lincoln advises that this would be a great mistake. "I give you...
GLC05276
21 December 1857
to Jesse K. Dubois
Writes to Dubois, the Illinois State auditor, to get him to accept a $90,000 temporary settlement offer for property taxes due the state of Illinois from the Illinois Central Rail Road Company.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln....
GLC05277
ca. July 1858
Speech fragment concerning the abolition of slavery [from 1858 Senate race?]
Manuscript, probably the concluding portion of speech, possibly from the 1858 Senate campaign, concerning his expectation that slavery would eventually be abolished. Lincoln acknowledge his ambition for higher office but continues, "[i]n the...
GLC05302
6 November 1850
to Isaac Onstott
Informs Onstott that he supports his appointment as postmaster and has already written to the department about it. Onstott was appointed postmaster of Havana, Illinois, on 7 November 1850.
GLC03108
19 May 1860
Greeley, Horace (1811-1872)
New York daily tribune. [Vol. 20, no. 5950 (May 19, 1860)]
Discusses the nomination of Abraham Lincoln as President by the Republican National Convention, which convened May 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. Reports on the reaction of citizens in New York City to the announcement of Lincoln's nomination, including...
GLC03127
1860 June, 1894
Ayres, George B.
With blind impressed stamp at lower right "G.B. Ayres, Copyright 1894." The shirt has been retouched.
GLC04697
1860/06, 1881
Platinum print by Alexander Hesler & George P. Ayres, image from 1860 with flyer
Blind copyright stamp of Ayres dated 1881. Accompanied by a Ayres promotional flyer which notes: "I have two negatives. [....] These were taken at Springfield Ill. in June 1860 immediately after Mr. Lincoln's nomination to the Presidency."
GLC04698
6 November 1860
Moore, John (1826-1907)
to Mary Kelly
Hopes Abraham Lincoln has been elected. Mentions a speech by Brigham Young on the possible return of the Mormons to Missouri.
GLC04194.34
20 March 1861
Mentions that Camp Floyd, named for John B. Floyd, has been changed to Camp Crittenden so that they will "not perpetuate the name of that arch traitor." Hopes that President Abraham Lincoln does not waver on the issue of re-supplying Fort Sumter.
GLC04194.39
Browntone silverprint of beardless Lincoln, by Hesler, 1860
GLC04199
1860 June
Platinum print of beardless Abraham Lincoln
With ink inscription on verso: "Copyright Geo. B. Ayres, Phila." Ostendorf 26. Hesler negative printed by Ayres
GLC04200
June 1860, 1897
Mammoth platinum print enlarged & printed by Ayres from Hesler negative
Ayres's copyright blindstamp has been made twice in the image. Inscribed, signed and dated by Ayres in ink on the reverse: "Copyright, 1897. Enlarged from the original negative owned by Geo. B. Ayres, Artist, Philadelphia." Ostendorf 26. The...
GLC04347
1860/07/13-09/14
Rail Mauler [nos. 2-11] [Republican campaign newspaper]
Republican campaign newspaper, that includes news and articles. Includes the text of Lincoln's Cooper Institute address. Paginated from 5-44.
GLC04371
1860/11/03
to William H. Wilson re:did not vote against sending supplies during Mexican War
Basler, Roy. P. The Colllected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 1974), Vol. X 1832 - 1865, p. 59
GLC04415
21 May 1860
Seward, William Henry (1801-1872)
to the New York State Republican Central Committee
Addressed to Charles C. Nott, William H. Ball, A. J. Williamsin, C.S. Spencer, and F. W. Shepherd. Thanks the members of the committee for their support. Expresses his disappointment at not receiving the Republican nomination for president but...
GLC04435
1860/05/31
to Charles C. Nott re: publishing Cooper Institute address (for 1860 election)
Lincoln's letter to Nott concerning the Nott-Brainerd edition of the Cooper Institute address. While gracious for the time they have spent in correcting and annotating his speech, Lincoln is quite adamant that the speech is not to be altered so as to...
GLC04436.01
The Address of... delivered at Cooper Institute [ed. by C.C. Nott & C. Brainerd]
Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co. Edited by Charles C. Nott and Cephas Brainerd and issued by the Young Men's Republican Union of New York. This pamphlet is collateral to Lincoln's letter to Nott, taking him to task for taking liberties in editing...
GLC04436.02
National politics: Speech of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, delivered at the Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb 27, 1860.
Published by the New York Tribune as Tribune Tracts No. 4. Lincoln addresses the most pressing issue of the day, slavery, and attacks the view put forth by Stephen Douglas and others that slavery was founded by the forefathers of the country. He...
GLC04471.01
September 1860
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in vindication of the policy of the framers of the Constitution and the principles of the Republican Party. . .
Title continues "Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union (659 Broadway, New York) with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd." Signed by Nott and Brainerd on title page. Printed by George...
GLC04471.03
Title continues "Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860, issued by the Young Men's Republican Union (659 Broadway, New York) with notes by Charles C. Nott & Cephas Brainerd." Printed by George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers and Stationers...
GLC04471.04
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
7 July 1858
to John J. Crittenden
Lincoln heard that Crittenden was going to write letters in support of Stephen Douglas for the Senate and Thomas L. Harris for the House of Representatives. Lincoln thinks this action would not be in Crittenden's character and asks him to pursue a...
GLC06324
circa 1860-1865
Cooper, Peter (1791-1883)
[Draft of speech introducing Lincoln]
Reads in part, "God has made our future peace depend on virtue -- and our national health on wise and temperate use of the blessings entrusted to our care." On page four he begins to introduce Lincoln but does not finish. With cross-outs and...
GLC06474
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