With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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The Republican Convention of 1860 (051.00.00)

The Republican Convention of 1860

“The Republicans in Nominating Convention in Their Wigwam at Chicago, May 1860,” from Harper’s Weekly, May 19, 1860. On loan from Kimberli Curry (051)

Digital ID # al0051


“The ‘Wigwam’ Grand March.” Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1860. Sheet Music. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (052)

Digital ID # scsm0202/001

David Davis to Abraham Lincoln (053.00.00)

David Davis to Abraham Lincoln

David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, May 17, 1860. Telegram. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053)

Digital ID # al0053

Lincoln Accepts the Nomination (54.00.00)

Lincoln Accepts the Nomination

Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, May 23, 1860. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (054)

Digital ID # vc6.6

Rise to National Prominence  |  The Run for President  |  Front Porch Campaign

Abraham Lincoln Replies to a Political Rival (057.00.00)

Abraham Lincoln Replies to a Political Rival

Abraham Lincoln to Cassius M. Clay May 26, 1860. Holograph letter. On loan from a private collector (057)

Digital ID # al0057

Wide-Awake Membership Certificate (059.00.00)

Wide-Awake Membership Certificate

Wide-Awake Club of Chicago membership certificate, June 1, 1860. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (059)

Digital ID # al0059

Presidential Hopes (061.00.00)

Presidential Hopes

Abraham Lincoln to David L. Phillips, July 2, 1860. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (061)

Digital ID # al0061


Preston Butler. Abraham Lincoln. Ambrotype, August 13, 1860. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (060)

Digital ID # cph-3a10370

Cartoon about the 1860 Election (066.00.00)

Cartoon about the 1860 Election
The National Game. Three “Outs” and One “Run.” New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (066)
Digital ID # ppmsca-09311

Lincoln to George Prentice, Oct. 29, 1860 (067.00.01)

Lincoln Avoids Becoming a Target of Controversy

Abraham Lincoln to George D. Prentice, October 29, 1860. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (067)

Digital ID# al0067p1, al0067p2-al0067p3

Abraham Lincoln to Former Rival William H. Seward (073.00.01)

Abraham Lincoln to Former Rival William H. Seward

Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, October 12, 1860. Holograph letter. (073)

Digital ID # al0073_01–al0073_02

Republican Nominee Shows Humility (074.00.00)

Republican Nominee Shows Humility

Abraham Lincoln to William Kelley, October 13, 1860. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (074)

Digital ID # al0074

Campaign posters - For President Abram Lincoln (065.00.00)

Lincoln for President

For President Abram Lincoln. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. Philadelphia: H.C. Howard, 1860. Woodcut or lithograph on linen. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (065)

Digital ID # pga-01637u

The Wide Awakes (058.00.00)

The Wide Awakes

“Grand Procession of Wide-Awakes at New York on the Evening of October 3, 1860,” from Harper’s Weekly, October 13, 1860. Facsimile. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (058)

Digital ID # cph-3b07146

Lincoln/Hamlin Election Ticket (062.00.00)

Lincoln/Hamlin Election Ticket

Lincoln & Hamlin. Ward 5 . . . Republican Ticket. Boston: Wright and Potter, [1860]. Broadside. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (062)

Digital ID # al0062

Campaign Buttons (063.00.00)

Campaign Buttons from 1860

Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin campaign buttons, 1860. Tintypes with metal casings. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (063)

Digital ID # ppmsca-19428–ppmsca-19432

Lincoln Autobiography (068.00.01)

Lincoln’s Autobiographical Notes

Abraham Lincoln. Autobiographical notes possibly written for John L. Scripps, June 1860. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (068)

Digital ID # al0068p1-al0068p4

Rise to National Prominence  |  The Run for President  |  Election: Celebration and Trepidation

Chase Offers Congratulations (077.00.00)

Chase Offers Congratulations

Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, November 7, 1860. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (077)

Digital ID # al0077

The Death of Democracy (078.00.00)

The Death of Democracy

Obituary. Broadside, ca. 1860. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (078)

Digital ID # al0078

Union Dissolved! (084.00.00)

Union Dissolved!

Charleston Mercury Extra: Passed Unanimously at 1:15 o’clock p.m. December 20, 1860. . . . Broadside, 1860. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collection Division, Library of Congress (084)

Digital ID # us0120

Etching of President-Elect Lincoln (083.00.00)

Etching of President-Elect Lincoln

Otto Schneider. Portrait of Lincoln, between 1900 and 1920. Etching. Joseph Verner Reed Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (083)

Digital ID # ppmsca-19246

Fragment of Lincoln Speech to Kentuckians (082.00.01)

Fragment of Lincoln Speech to Kentuckians

Abraham Lincoln. Speech intended for Kentuckians, February 1861. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (082)

Digital ID # al0082p1–al0082p2

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