Lincoln, Abraham

2/12/1809

Hardin County, Kentucky

16th U.S. President, March 4, 1861-April 15, 1865 - Republican
1830 Moved to Illinois with family acquired title "Honest Abe"
1834 Elected to Illinois Assembly
1837 Began Law practice in Springfield: served also as a state legislature in 1840
1844 campaigned for Henry Clay for president
1846 Elected to Lower House of U.S. Congress
1858 campaigned against Douglas for Senate: held debates with him on issue of slavery; was defeated but gained confidence of republican north
1860 campaigned against Douglas for presidency; elected
April 12, 1861 - issued call for 75,000 men when rebels fired on Fort Sumpter on this date.
Sept. 22, 1862 - issued Emancipation Proclamation
April 14, 1865 - shot in back of the head at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth, died at 7:22 A.M. on April 15, 1865.

L.1.28 Whale oil lamp
L.9.29 Silk mourning badge
L.5.36 Mourning badge
L.5.37 Souvenir spoon, wood from bier of
29.35.3 Pictures
29.35.9 Army Commission signed by
29.50.3 Portrait
31.31.1 Cartoon about (Currier & Ives)
31.31.2 Cartoon about (newspaper cartoon
31.108 Photo of
32.34.2 Photo of , with cabinet
32.36 Portrait of
33.36 Portrait of
33.36 Wood from Lincoln house
35.44 New York Herald newspaper giving account of death of
35.48 Civil War photo of
35.60 Lincoln and Hamlin campaign button
35.69.1 Facsimile of Gettysburg Address-Letter of Mrs. Bixley
35.74.5 Photo
36.46.2 Engraving of
37.32.4 Framed portrait
38.8 Lafayette, Ind., Daily Journal, "Assassination of....
38.34 5 photos
37.32.6 Copper medal
40.22 Last photo of
43.475 Picture of a Tavern License of
47.78 Newspaper, on assassination of
48.24 Newspaper telling of the assassination of
50.216.4 Plaster silhouette of
52..114.1 Set of 12 small photos of funeral of
52.250.4 Plaque of Gettysburg Address
52.250.5 Plaque with picture of
53.94.1 Engraving of w/son
56.355.9 Medallion of
57.41.1 Litho of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley
58.262.1 Colored print of
59.46.1 New penny
59.118.1 Ghana stamps commemorating 150th birthday
59.84.1 Paperweight with Lincoln head etched
59.279.1 Medallion of
56.341.2 Handkerchief
60.175.2 Engraving of
60.175.3 Engraving of
60.174 Autoiography of
60.175.9 Mask of
60.175.10 Mask of
60.175.11 Set masks of hands
60.233.1 Engraving of
62.149.7 Paperweight with picture of
62.149.9 Paperweight with picture of
62.149.17 Pitcher with milded head of
62.149.19 China Plate with pitcure of head of
62.149.20 Plate with view of and view of home, monument, etc
62.149.21 Plate with view of and Lincoln House in Springfield
62.149.24 Plate with engraving of Courthouse in Logan County Ill
62.149.26 Horn book
62.149.19 Medallion
62.149.30 Button Showing him giving speech
62.149.31 Ribbon with picture of
61.149.40- Sculptured death mask
62.149.41 Sculptured life mask
62.149.42 Set of casts of hands
62.149.66 Badge
62.149.44 Pair of bookends
65.12.1 Convention badge, 1944
65, 173.15 Piece of sheet music
66.229.78 Badge commemorating birth of
68.1.6 Lithograph of
68.1.8 Lithograph of
69.104.3 Clothes brush owned by
71.84.46 Commemorative Silver Spoon

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