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Rise to National Prominence | The Run for President | Road to the Nomination

Lincoln as a Potential Presidential Candidate

Thomas J. Pickett to Abraham Lincoln, April 13, 1859. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (043)

Digital ID # al0043p1, al0043p2

Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address

Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, in New York, in Vindication of the Policy of the Framers of the Constitution and the Principles of the Republican Party. Delivered in the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27th, 1860. Springfield, IL: Bailhache & Baker, 1860. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (047)

Digital ID # al0047_1, al0047_2-al0047_8

Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Portrait

Mathew B. Brady. Abraham Lincoln on the day of his speech at the Cooper Union, February, 27, 1860. Carte-de-visite photograph. James Wadsworth Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (046)

Digital ID # al0046

Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (048)

Digital ID # al0048p1 and al0048p2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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