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“Now He Belongs to the Ages”
The Nation Mourns its Loss
The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 1865. Government and Serial Publications Division, Library of Congress (236)
Digital ID# al0236
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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
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