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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
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
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 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
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
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
“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
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 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’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
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