the alfred whital stern collection of lincolniana

Card of Mr. John Hay, Executive Mansion with handwritten note.

Agreement in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, [Law paper...

Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Baughn sued Johnson to recover a horse, valued at $90, and filed with Sheriff Musick a $180 replevin bond, which would be void if Baughn won the cas... More

Bill of Exceptions in Unknown v. Unknown, [Law papers].

Summary: An unknown plaintiff sued an unknown defendant, who retained Lincoln. The court ruled for the plaintiff. The defendant apparently planned to appeal the case because Lincoln wrote a bill of exceptions f... More

Harpers Ferry. (From the Potomac side).

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Harpers Ferry. (From the Blue Ridge).

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A list of the members of the 12th General Assembly of the State of Ill...

Includes name of Abraham Lincoln.

A 100th anniversary map of Abraham Lincoln's visit to Massachusetts, S...

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[Original museum display card for Lincoln's method of lifting vessels ...

The model of the Lincoln boat which was filed with Lincoln's application was available to the public in 1849. The Patent Office produced display cards for their models. From time to time the cards wore out and ... More

Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]

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Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation P...

Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Reproduction of oil painting by Williams]

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Emancipation Proclamation. Carpeter's great national picture, The Eman...

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Auber in Allem un uber Alles Lict und Liebe fur Wahrheit und Tugend, L...

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Buttre portrait of Lincoln. - Public domain portrait print

Facsimile of Lincoln's signature on print. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Haugg and Sebald copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]

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Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.

Surrounded by a black border of chains. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discouraged? - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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A bitter "Draught." - Public domain scan / print

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Letting the last "Democratic Drop."

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Appearance of Ford's Theatre, Washington, D. C., after the murder.

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"Mac" the giant killer. - Public domain portrait print

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Second inaugural address of the late President Lincoln

Surrounded by black mourning border.

[Rufus Blanchard edition of the emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]

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Theory. Practice. Effect. - Public domain print

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"With malice towards none and charity for all."

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Heavy artillery raised by authority of the state at the request of the...

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The ladies memorial to the brave defenders of this glorious union.

Embossed leaf with title, mottoes and names of heroes within an elaborate design.

A bad egg for a southern stomach.

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Taking a "smile." - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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To working men. The war is now, thanks to Gen's Grant, Sherman and oth...

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Kelly & Sons portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his family.

Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and three sons. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Campaign song. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

Handwritten note across top of songsheet: First sung in the loft over Geirson & Walihaus in warehouse, by eh author, in may 1860. Handwritten note under composer credit: afterward Major General in U. S. Army.

The martyr of liberty. - Public domain print

The martyr of liberty hath borne his faculties so meek; has been so clear in his great office; that his virtues shall plead, trumped-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking off. Volume 4, no 54 is a duplicate.

A southern peace! Democrats! - Public domain broadside, Library of Con...

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A Lincolnian Christian. - Public domain portrait print

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The nation is weeping. - Public domain American music sheet

Surrounded by a black mourning border. Pictured: Lincoln's funeral procession.

Allegorical representation of freeing of slaves.

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Exhibition of the Philomathean Society of Danville, Ill. On Thursday e...

Handwritten on verso: Ira Mayfield, J. B. Lemon, Daniel Clap, Dr. Balch.

Letter to H. A. Wise from James Lyons, October 20, 1852.

[Print of the "lost ambertype" of Lincoln.]

Written in pencil on back: This is the photograph from the original ambertype owned by the Latham family of Lincoln, Illinois. It was posed for by Mr. Lincoln at the time the city of Lincoln was named for him. ... More

Odd-Fellow's Hall. Thursday Even'g, June 8. Last night Uncle Tom's Cab...

Previously uncataloged.

Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]

Facsimile of letter sent by Peorians in 1854 asking Lincoln to come here to reply to Douglas's speech.

The grand national fight 2 against 1 fought on the 6th Nov.1856; for o...

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"Buck" taking the pot. - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

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The morning after the election _ November 1856.

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Shall I vote for ten cents a day?

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Liberty. The fair maid of Kansas in the hands of the "border ruffians"...

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Forcing slavery down the throat of a freesoiler.

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The great presidential race of 1856.

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[Framed photograph of Lincoln by Samuel Alschuler.]

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Letter to Henry Clay Whitney, Esq. from Abraham Lincoln, November 30, ...

Requests copies of the Lincoln-Douglas debates as they were reported in the Tribune.

[Photograph of sculpture by Crunelle located in Freeport, Illinois.]

The northern Illinois town of Freeport hosted the second and most famous of the seven Lincoln-Douglas political debates on August 27, 1858. Statue at Freeport, Ill., dedicated August 29, 1929.

Letter to Hon. Henry A. Wise from S. A. Douglas, November 7, 1858.

Refers to success of the Democratic Party in recent State elections in Illinois.

Warrant of Attorney in Blong v. W. C. Taylor & Co., [Law papers].

Summary: W. C. Taylor and Company gave Blong an $8,428.72 promissory note but failed to pay. W. C. Taylor and Co. signed a warrant of attorney that authorized Lincoln or any other attorney to confess judgment a... More

[Photograph of Abraham Lincoln medal.], engraving, Library of Congress

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Lincoln Memorial. George A. Fuller Co. Builders. Henry Bacon Architect...

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Lincoln's study of Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare books and illustrations

Die letzten augenblicke des prasidenten Lincoln. The last moments of t...

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Exhibition from Tuesday, February 12. The Barrett Lincoln Collection. ...

Two copies.

[Brady & Hesler portrait of Lincoln.], Mathew Brady Photograph, 1850s.

Hesler Photograph: Meserve no. 26, June 1860, also known as the Ayre's portrait

[Hagelberg portrait of Abraham Lincoln]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

39.5 x 31.5 cm. Mounted on 57 x 47.3 cm. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of bust of Lincoln. - Early photography, Public domain imag...

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[Berger portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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The political gymnasium. - Drawing. Public domain image.

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[Kellenberger portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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President Lincoln's favorite poem.

Printed with mourning border.

Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President,...

Photographic reproduction.

The Republican Standard. - Public domain American music sheet

Partly colored broadside in five columns within a colored border of a rail fence. Heading in a large type. No 1745, Vol. 3. T. W. Streeter Collection sale, 1967.

[Illinois election ticket.] For presidential electors.

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The Great Lincoln memorial tableaux are now on exhibition at National ...

Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [C...

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In memory of Abraham Lincoln. The reward of the just, Wiost allegorica...

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[Sartain portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln]

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[Boy's Clubs in front of Lincoln National Monument, Illinois making th...

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[Printed] Letter from Col. John H. George.

From the Oliver R. Barrett Collection.

[Silhouette of Lincoln's footprint and business card of King V. Hostic...

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Democratic ticket. [Illinois campaign ticket]

Illinois democratic party ticket.

[Photographic reproduction of Healy painting of Lincoln.]

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Gettysburg song. - Public domain American music sheet

Illustrated with the "Proposed design for the National Homestead of Gettysburg for soldier's orphans".

Emile Lassalle - [Lassalle portrait of Lincoln]. American Civil War 18...

Facsimile of Lincoln's signature at bottom of portrait. Signed on stone: Emile Lassalle.

[Ink drawing of Lincoln reading.]

No 224 in Argosy Book Stores, Inc. Catalogue 480. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"They've killed President Lincoln!"

Advertising prospectus for documentary film of that name.

The Rail candidate. - Public domain portrait print

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Letters of acceptance from Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, indors...

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Republican ticket. Liberty and Union. [New Hampshire Campaign ticket].

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Lincoln, Hamlin and Curtin! The people's Club of West Fallowfield will...

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[Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States based on a ...

Based on Meserve no 20, a Brady photograph.. Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Photograph of Warner painting of Lincoln.]

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National Democratic ticket. For President, John C. Breckinridge of Ken...

Photographic reproduction.

[Lincoln portrait possibly based on Meserve 22.]

Based on a photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting... More

[Kellogg printers portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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[Photograph of Robert Todd Lincoln with signature.]

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The Great exhibition of 1860. - Public domain broadside, Library of Co...

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Mrs. President Lincoln. - Public domain scenic print

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[Hesler portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Meserve no. 26. A photograph by Hesler of Chicago, made in Springfield, Illinois on June 3, 1860. Mr. Truman H. Bartlett stated that this after Mr. Hesler's death in 1865 were bought by Mr. George B Ayres, who ... More

The Young Men's Republican Union, organized in 1856 as the Young Men's...

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[Kellogg portrait of Lincoln.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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Dear sir: We will furnish for $1 sixteen copies of Mr. Lincoln's addre...

Lincoln's Gettysburg address at the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Printed in black and orange ink.

National republican platform. Adopted by the National Republican Conve...

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