![[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and pencil (retouched to stand out)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1hbmQtaG9sZGluZy1oaXMtc3BlY3RhY2xlcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, three-quarter length portrait, seated and holding his spectacles and pencil (retouched to stand out)]")
![Agreement in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, [Law papers].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvYWdyZWVtZW50LWluLW11c2ljay1mb3ItdXNlLW9mLWpvaG5zb24tdi1iYXVnaG4tYW5kLWphY2tzb24tbGF3LXBhcGVycy02YzdjMzktMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "Agreement in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, [Law papers].")
Agreement in Musick for use of Johnson v. Baughn & Jackson, [Law paper...
Portion of document appears to be in Lincoln's hand. Summary: Baughn sued Johnson to recover a horse, valued at $90, and filed with Sheriff Musick a $180 replevin bond, which would be void if Baughn won the cas... More
![Bill of Exceptions in Unknown v. Unknown, [Law papers].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvYmlsbC1vZi1leGNlcHRpb25zLWluLXVua25vd24tdi11bmtub3duLWxhdy1wYXBlcnMtNjYzNGQzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/15/webp "Bill of Exceptions in Unknown v. Unknown, [Law papers].")
Bill of Exceptions in Unknown v. Unknown, [Law papers].
Summary: An unknown plaintiff sued an unknown defendant, who retained Lincoln. The court ruled for the plaintiff. The defendant apparently planned to appeal the case because Lincoln wrote a bill of exceptions f... More
A list of the members of the 12th General Assembly of the State of Ill...
Includes name of Abraham Lincoln.
![[Original museum display card for Lincoln's method of lifting vessels over shoals patent].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDMvb3JpZ2luYWwtbXVzZXVtLWRpc3BsYXktY2FyZC1mb3ItbGluY29sbnMtbWV0aG9kLW9mLWxpZnRpbmctdmVzc2Vscy1vdmVyLXNob2Fscy02OTU5YTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Original museum display card for Lincoln's method of lifting vessels over shoals patent].")
[Original museum display card for Lincoln's method of lifting vessels ...
The model of the Lincoln boat which was filed with Lincoln's application was available to the public in 1849. The Patent Office produced display cards for their models. From time to time the cards wore out and ... More
![[Reproduction of oil painting by Williams]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcmVwcm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLW9pbC1wYWludGluZy1ieS13aWxsaWFtcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Reproduction of oil painting by Williams]")
![Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvZW1hbmNpcGF0aW9uLXByb2NsYW1hdGlvbi1vcm5hbWVudGFsLXJlbmRpdGlvbi1vZi10aGUtZW1hbmNpcGF0aW9uLXByb2NsYW1hdGlvbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation].")
Emancipation proclamation, [Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation P...
Ornamental rendition of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Proclamation of freedom millions! The emancipation proclamation.
Surrounded by a black border of chains.
![[Haugg and Sebald copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvaGF1Z2ctYW5kLXNlYmFsZC1jb3B5LW9mLXRoZS1lbWFuY2lwYXRpb24tcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Haugg and Sebald copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]")
Buttre portrait of Lincoln.
Facsimile of Lincoln's signature on print.
Second inaugural address of the late President Lincoln
Surrounded by black mourning border.
![[Rufus Blanchard edition of the emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcnVmdXMtYmxhbmNoYXJkLWVkaXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLWVtYW5jaXBhdGlvbi1wcm9jbGFtYXRpb24tY29weS0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Rufus Blanchard edition of the emancipation proclamation. Copy 2]")
Campaign song.
Handwritten note across top of songsheet: First sung in the loft over Geirson & Walihaus in warehouse, by eh author, in may 1860. Handwritten note under composer credit: afterward Major General in U. S. Army.
The martyr of liberty.
The martyr of liberty hath borne his faculties so meek; has been so clear in his great office; that his virtues shall plead, trumped-tongued against the deep damnation of his taking off. Volume 4, no 54 is a duplicate.
Kelly & Sons portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his family.
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and three sons.
![Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvd2h5LWRvbnQteW91LXRha2UtaXQtY29weS0yLTEwMjQuanBn/40/25/webp "Why don't you take it? [Copy 2.]")
Heavy artillery raised by authority of the state at the request of the...
Cloth advertisement.
![[Partial copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvcGFydGlhbC1jb3B5LW9mLXRoZS1lbWFuY2lwYXRpb24tcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/15/webp "[Partial copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.]")
Abraham Lincoln / lith. & published by Edw. Mendel.
Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right.
The nation is weeping.
Surrounded by a black mourning border. Pictured: Lincoln's funeral procession.
The ladies memorial to the brave defenders of this glorious union.
Embossed leaf with title, mottoes and names of heroes within an elaborate design.
Exhibition of the Philomathean Society of Danville, Ill. On Thursday e...
Handwritten on verso: Ira Mayfield, J. B. Lemon, Daniel Clap, Dr. Balch.
![[Print of the "lost ambertype" of Lincoln.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvcHJpbnQtb2YtdGhlLWxvc3QtYW1iZXJ0eXBlLW9mLWxpbmNvbG4tMTg4MTM3LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Print of the \"lost ambertype\" of Lincoln.]")
[Print of the "lost ambertype" of Lincoln.]
Written in pencil on back: This is the photograph from the original ambertype owned by the Latham family of Lincoln, Illinois. It was posed for by Mr. Lincoln at the time the city of Lincoln was named for him. ... More
[Abraham Lincoln while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, taken in Chica...
Title devised by Library staff. Original photograph: The original daguerreotype is at the Chicago Historical Society. Ostendorf, no. 6 Meserve, no. 3 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by L... More
Odd-Fellow's Hall. Thursday Even'g, June 8. Last night Uncle Tom's Cab...
Previously uncataloged.
![Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvbGluY29sbnMtaW52aXRhdGlvbi10by1wZW9yaWEtZmFjc2ltaWxlLTExMGIzNy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]")
Lincoln's invitation to Peoria. [Facsimile.]
Facsimile of letter sent by Peorians in 1854 asking Lincoln to come here to reply to Douglas's speech.
![[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWltbWVkaWF0ZWx5LXByaW9yLXRvLXNlbmF0ZS1ub21pbmF0aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28taWxsaW5vaXMtZDY1YTA0LTEwMjQuanBn/40/49/webp "[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln: Immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Ostendorf, no. 2 Meserve, no. 6 Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album / by Lloyd Ostendorf. Dayton, OH: Rockywood Press, 1998, p. 6-7.
![[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWltbWVkaWF0ZWx5LXByaW9yLXRvLXNlbmF0ZS1ub21pbmF0aW9uLWNoaWNhZ28taWxsaW5vaXMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/52/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Illinois]")
[Abraham Lincoln, immediately prior to Senate nomination, Chicago, Ill...
Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. According to Ostendorf, this portrait by Hessler was copied during Lincoln's campaign and further distributed. Ostendorf, no. 2 (variation) Meserve, n... More
[Abraham Lincoln while a traveling lawyer, taken in Danville, Illinois
Illus. in: The Photographs of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Hill Meserve. New York, Privately printed, 1911, p. 43. Original photograph: The original ambrotype is at the Illinois State Historical Library. Ostendo... More
![[Framed photograph of Lincoln by Samuel Alschuler.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjEvZnJhbWVkLXBob3RvZ3JhcGgtb2YtbGluY29sbi1ieS1zYW11ZWwtYWxzY2h1bGVyLWVlNmVjNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Framed photograph of Lincoln by Samuel Alschuler.]")
![[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed and retouched copy of photo by Alexander Hessler]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1yZXZlcnNlZC1hbmQtcmV0b3VjaGVkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed and retouched copy of photo by Alexander Hessler]")
[Abraham Lincoln, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Reversed a...
"On February 28, 1857, Alexander Hesler took the famous photograph of Lincoln in Chicago. About seven months earlier, so the story went, Lincoln had posed for William H. Masters of Princeton, Illinois. No photo... More
Letter to Henry Clay Whitney, Esq. from Abraham Lincoln, November 30, ...
Requests copies of the Lincoln-Douglas debates as they were reported in the Tribune.
![[Photograph of sculpture by Crunelle located in Freeport, Illinois.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDkvcGhvdG9ncmFwaC1vZi1zY3VscHR1cmUtYnktY3J1bmVsbGUtbG9jYXRlZC1pbi1mcmVlcG9ydC1pbGxpbm9pcy0xYTIxNmYtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Photograph of sculpture by Crunelle located in Freeport, Illinois.]")
[Photograph of sculpture by Crunelle located in Freeport, Illinois.]
The northern Illinois town of Freeport hosted the second and most famous of the seven Lincoln-Douglas political debates on August 27, 1858. Statue at Freeport, Ill., dedicated August 29, 1929.
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]")
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing left]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbins in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1lMDQzY2ItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC1kNDliZjMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, facing right]
Photo shows Abraham Lincoln in an image that was widely reproduced on presidential campaign ribbons in 1860. Lincoln reportedly liked the photograph and often signed prints for admirers. (Source: Ostendorf, p. ... More
Letter to Hon. Henry A. Wise from S. A. Douglas, November 7, 1858.
Refers to success of the Democratic Party in recent State elections in Illinois.
![[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTgvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWJ1c3QtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, bust-length portrait, facing right]
Ostendorf, no. 12 Meserve, no. 4 Original photograph: The original tintype is at the National Lincoln Museum (Old Ford's Theatre), according to Ostendorf. Published in: Lincoln's photographs: a complete album /... More
![Warrant of Attorney in Blong v. W. C. Taylor & Co., [Law papers].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvd2FycmFudC1vZi1hdHRvcm5leS1pbi1ibG9uZy12LXctYy10YXlsb3ItYW5kLWNvLWxhdy1wYXBlcnMtOGJiMWU4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/61/webp "Warrant of Attorney in Blong v. W. C. Taylor & Co., [Law papers].")
Warrant of Attorney in Blong v. W. C. Taylor & Co., [Law papers].
Summary: W. C. Taylor and Company gave Blong an $8,428.72 promissory note but failed to pay. W. C. Taylor and Co. signed a warrant of attorney that authorized Lincoln or any other attorney to confess judgment a... More
![[Illinois election ticket.] For presidential electors.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTQvaWxsaW5vaXMtZWxlY3Rpb24tdGlja2V0LWZvci1wcmVzaWRlbnRpYWwtZWxlY3RvcnMtMWYwMWE4LTEwMjQuanBn/40/62/webp "[Illinois election ticket.] For presidential electors.")
Union / painted by T.H. Matteson ; engraved by H.S. Sadd.
Print showing original image from 1852 with Henry Clay, sitting to the left of center, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster standing at center, except that the plate has been reworked so that Abraham Lincoln (with ... More
![[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWxvb2tpbmctcmlnaHQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]")
[Abraham Lincoln, half-length portrait, looking right]
Title devised by Library staff. Date from: Looking for Lincoln: the making of an American icon / Philip B. Kunhardt, III. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008, p. 465. Ostendorf, no. 18 Meserve, no. 110 Published in... More
![[Oil painting of Lincoln possibly based on a Brady photograph.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvb2lsLXBhaW50aW5nLW9mLWxpbmNvbG4tcG9zc2libHktYmFzZWQtb24tYS1icmFkeS1waG90b2dyYXBoLTEwMjQuanBn/40/53/webp "[Oil painting of Lincoln possibly based on a Brady photograph.]")
![Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin. [Ohio campaign ticket]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcmVwdWJsaWNhbi10aWNrZXQtZm9yLXByZXNpZGVudC1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4tZm9yLXZpY2UtcHJlc2lkZW50LWhhbm5pYmFsLTEwMjQuanBn/40/61/webp "Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin. [Ohio campaign ticket]")
Republican ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, For Vice-President,...
Photographic reproduction.
![[Printed] Letter from Col. John H. George.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcHJpbnRlZC1sZXR0ZXItZnJvbS1jb2wtam9obi1oLWdlb3JnZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Printed] Letter from Col. John H. George.")
[Printed] Letter from Col. John H. George.
From the Oliver R. Barrett Collection.
![Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [Currier & Ives portrait].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYWJyYWhhbS1saW5jb2xuLXRoZS1tYXJ0eXItcHJlc2lkZW50LWFzc2Fzc2luYXRlZC1hcHJpbC0xNC0xODY1LWN1cnJpZXItYW5kLTEwMjQuanBn/40/51/webp "Abraham Lincoln. The martyr President, Assassinated April 14, 1865, [Currier & Ives portrait].")
The Republican Standard.
Partly colored broadside in five columns within a colored border of a rail fence. Heading in a large type. No 1745, Vol. 3. T. W. Streeter Collection sale, 1967.