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Young Lincoln
Kirkham's Grammar
Samuel Kirkham. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures (6th ed.). Cincinnati: N. & G. Guilford, 1828. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (001)
Digital ID # al0001, al0001_01
Lincolns Childhood Sum Book
Abraham Lincoln. Student sum book, ca. 1824–1826. Holograph manuscript. Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (002)
Digital ID # al0002
The Lincoln Family Bible
The Comprehensive Bible. Philadelphia: 1847. Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (003)
Digital ID # al0003, al0003_01al0003_02
The Amateur Poet
Abraham Lincoln. My Childhood Home I See Again . . . , ca. 1844. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (004)
Digital ID # al0004p1, al0004p2
The Ann Rutledge Story
Robert B. Rutledge to William H. Herndon, November 1, 1866. Holograph letter. Herndon-Weik Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (006)Digital ID # al0006, al0006_p1
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Early Career
Congressman-Elect and Mary Todd Lincoln
Attributed to Nicholas H. Shepherd. Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Daguerreotypes, 1846. Prints
and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007, 008)
Digital ID # cph-3g02439 and cph-3g06189
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Practicing Law
Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County
Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County, January 1856. Herndon-Weik Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (009)
Digital ID # al0009
View of the east side of Springfield Square [glimpse of County Courthouse, on left behind trees], Springfield, Illinois, ca. 1868. Facsimile. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (038)
Digital ID # cph 3a14782
Lincoln's Philosophy of Law
Abraham Lincoln. Notes for a lecture on law, between 1850 and 1860. Holograph manuscript. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (039)
Digital ID # al0039p1-al0039p2
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Candidate Lincoln
Growing Whiskers
Grace Bedell to Abraham Lincoln, October 15, 1860. Holograph letter. On loan from Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection (069)
Digital ID # al0069_01, al0069_02, al0069_03
Lincoln's Beard
Abraham Lincoln to Grace Bedell, October 19, 1860. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (070)
Digital ID # al0070
Lincoln Portrait, ca. 1858
Roderick M. Cole. Abraham Lincoln. Albumen print, ca. 1858. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (071)
Digital ID # al0071
Lincoln with a Beard
C.S. German. Abraham Lincoln. Albumen print, possibly January 26, 1861. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (072)
Digital ID # al0072
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Arrival in Washington
President Buchanan's Lament
James Buchanan to Abraham Lincoln, October 21, 1861. Holograph letter. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (098)
Digital ID # al0098
Through Baltimore
Adalbert John Volck. Passage through Baltimore from V. Blada's War Sketches. Baltimore: 1864. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (094)
Digital ID # al0094
Willard Hotel Registry
Page from the Willard Hotel registry. Facsimile. Willard Family Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (097)
Digital ID # wh007a
Inauguration Week
Thomas Nast. Gentlemen's Parlor, Reading and Sitting Room at Willard Hotel, Washington, during the Inauguration Week. Ink and opaque white drawing, February 28, 1861. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (096)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19387
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