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Abraham Lincoln is one of those individuals whose stature is so large that he has become engulfed in myths that often replace reality. There are hundreds of "quotes" he never wrote or uttered.

The goal of My Lincoln Library is to squash the myths the quotes, and provide, as best I can, a factual look at Lincoln and his family. I've included my research articles and papers, hundreds of newspaper articles, dozens of PDF books, and films/videos.

MY ARTICLES & PAPERS

LINCOLN FORTS

Fort Abraham Lincoln's History Located near Mandan in North Dakota (1872-1891). 

Fort Lincoln (1895-1941), Fort Lincoln Internment Camp (1941-1946), Bismarck, ND.

Fort Lincoln, a Redoubt, was on De Vall's (or Du Val's) Bluff, Arkansas (1864-1865). 

Fort Lincoln Cemetery's Rich History in the Town of Colmar Manor, Maryland.

Fort Lincoln in NE Washington DC and the Ring of Union Civil War Forts. (1861-1865) 

Fort Lincoln near Fulton, Kansas. (1861-1865) 

LINCOLN'S MEDICAL ISSUES

Abraham Lincoln and Aortic Insufficiency. The Declining Health of the President. 

Did Abraham Lincoln Have Cancer Too?

Doctors' Present just after President Lincoln was shot and his during his death. 

Is There Proof That Abraham Lincoln Had Marfan Syndrome? 

Lincoln’s Boyhood Skull Fracture and Brain Injury from Being Kicked in his Head by a Horse.

Lincoln Came Near Death from Smallpox. 

Lincoln in Despair—A Time When He Was Tempted To Commit Suicide.

Lincoln's Premature Aging from 1860 thru 1865. 

Lincoln Used "Blue Mass" (mercury pills) to Treat Some of his Health Issues. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN HISTORY & STORIES

13yo Fleetwood Lindley, Last Living Person to see Lincoln's Face at 9/26/1901 Interment. 

1857 Lincoln's Almanac Murder Case. 

A Dried Flower from Abraham Lincoln's Bier Found in Historical Society Attic in 2018.

A Humorous Speech About Lincoln in the Black Hawk War. 

Abraham Lincoln Abhorred the Name "Abe." 

Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge — An Old Salem Romance

Abraham Lincoln and Democracy, a Robust Analysis.

Abraham Lincoln and the Second Portuguese Church.

Abraham Lincoln Book Shop of Chicago, a Long History of Rare Collectables. 

     » Lincoln Letters and Documents at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. [Runtime 8:24] 

     » Samuel Wheeler, Ph.D. at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop. [Runtime 9:24] 

Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood; Raised in the Poorest of Circumstances.

Abraham Lincoln Centennial Celebrations in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, 1909.

Abraham Lincoln Centre, Settlement House of Chicago, and All Souls Unitarian Church. 

Abraham Lincoln Didn't Say the Famous 10 "Cannots." So Who Did?

Abraham Lincoln's First & Second School Teachers were Zachariah Riney & Caleb Hazel Sr.

Abraham Lincoln – Friend of the Jewish People. 

Abraham Lincoln Owned Two Parcels of Land in Iowa.

Abraham Lincoln Penned Only Three Autobiographies. 

Abraham Lincoln stayed at the Old Hotel and Tavern in Fullersburg Illinois, in 1858.

Abraham Lincoln Street in Jerusalem, Israel. 

Abraham Lincoln's vocabulary and his violence. What the F±*& is up with this S#%¢?

Alexander Gardner's Finest 1863 Photograph of President Lincoln. 

Booth Saved Lincoln's Life. 

Boston Corbett (1832-1894) was nicknamed "Lincoln's Avenger." An amazing story.

Boy Kept Jesting Promise to Vote for Abraham Lincoln. 

First five congratulation telegraphs sent to Lincoln after the 1860 Chicago convention. 

First-Hand Story of Samuel Seymour, Last Witness to President Lincoln's Assassination.

First ladies Edith Roosevelt & Laura Bush visit Lincoln's Birthplace in Hodgenville Kentucky. 

Four Draft Versions of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

German Journalist Henry Villard and Abraham Lincoln's relationship. 

How Lincoln Became Known as "Honest Abe."

How Negroes in Early Springfield Influenced Lincoln's views on race. 

How the Pilgrims, a Determined Editor, and Abraham Lincoln Invented Thanksgiving Day. 

Independence Day Speech by Lincoln Marking this Holiday and Union Victory at Gettysburg.

Indians and the Origin of Abraham Lincoln’s Views on Race. 

Interesting Incident with the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. 

Issues with Mrs.Bixby's letter to Mass. Gov. Andrew about 5 sons that died in the Civil War. 

Let's Not Forget Thomas "Tad" Lincoln III.

Lincoln's Attachment to the Wide-Awake Political Club. 

Lincoln's Christmas Legend. 

Lincoln's Connection to Camp Kane, Civil War Training Camp, St. Charles, Illinois.

Lincoln County, the Illinois County that Never Was. 
Lincoln-Douglas Debates; the First being held on August 21, 1858. 

Lincoln’s Early Boyhood in Kentucky. 

Lincoln Family Geneology.

Lincoln's First Beard at 51 years old in November of 1860. 

Lincoln Forced to Walk Home from Wisconsin when his Horse was Stolen. 
Lincoln’s Ghost Captured by Photographer in 1872. 

Lincoln Institutes Centralized Banking to Fund the Union in the Civil War on 3/3/1863. 

Lincoln is the Only U.S. President to Hold a Patent. 
Lincoln's Knowledge of Human Nature.

Lincoln’s Last Christmas. 

Lincoln's Law Partner, William H. Herndon's 200th Birthday was Dec. 25, 2018. 
Lincoln Life Masks. 

Lincoln's Logic - How Lincoln Learned to Tell When a Thing Is Proved.
Lincoln's 'Lost Speech' from "Major's Hall" in Bloomington, Illinois in 1856. 
Lincoln Loved Cats, Dogs, Goats, a Pig, a Turkey, and of course, his Horse. 

Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site in Illinois. 
Lincoln's Nomination for President in Chicago in 1860. 

Lincoln Personally tested firearms on the grassy expanses around the White House. 

Lincoln played "Fives" across the street from his Springfield Law Office. 

Lincoln's "Progress in Spelling."

Lincoln Quashes General Grant's Order of Expulsion of Southern Jews.

Lincoln Reviews Court Martials. 

Lincoln signed Proclamation 102; a call for help protecting Washington, D.C., June 15, 1863.

Lincoln Used to Take the Neighborhood Boys of Springfield on Fishing Trips.

Lincoln was Challenged to a Duel to the Death by State Auditor James Shields. 

Lincoln was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 

Maxims Attributed to Lincoln were penned 50 years after his death. 

Miss. Haupt of Philadelphia Kissed Pres. Lincoln at 13, for a 10¢ Union Fund Raiser in 1864.
Music for Abraham Lincoln - 18 Campaign Songs, Civil War Tunes, Laments for a President.

My Photographs of May 2, 2015, Lincoln Funeral Reenactment in Springfield, Illinois.

My Private Tour with Dr. Wheeler , Historian for Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. 

Mystery of the Exterior color of Lincoln's Funeral Train Car... Solved! 

New Research Raises Civil War Death Toll.

Origins of the Lincolns in England, the move to the Colonies and into Modern Times. 

Osborn Oldroyd, Collector of Lincoln Memorabilia and Founder of his "Lincoln Museum."

President Lincoln Speaks at the Great Central Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia, June 16, 1864. 

President Lincoln's Philosophies were Democratic; the Parties Switched Platforms. 

Qualities That Made Abraham Lincoln Great. 

Reactions to the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago.

Replica Lincoln Emancipation Statue is Removed in Boston, Massachusetts on 12/29/2020.

Statement Falsely Attributed to Lincoln During his Presidential Campaign. 

Teetotaler Lincoln, a member of the 'Long Nine', Really Enjoyed a Good Party. 

The 1865 Indignation Meeting in Bloomington after Lincoln's Assassination.

The History of Illinois' Lincoln Trail. 

The Humorist and Literary Lincoln.

The Lincoln Family Bible. 

The Lincoln Watermelon Monument in Lincoln, Illinois, Town Christening in 1853. 
The Only Lincoln vs. Douglas Base Ball Game Occurred in Chicago. 

The Real Story About a Tavern License for the Berry-Lincoln Store in New Salem, Illinois. 

The Story of Lincoln’s Stovepipe Hats; Downfall of Dr. Samuel Wheeler, IL State Historian.

The Story of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln's Dog, Fido. 

The Three Lincoln Mothers.

This Abraham Lincoln Biography, written in 1868, is the epitome of the 19th-century period.

Tunneled Out Of Libby Prison. Nebraska Senator John D. Hatfield was Honored by Lincoln.

Unfounded Quotes Attributed to Abraham Lincoln. 

Was Abraham Lincoln a Genius?

What Happened to Lincoln's Boots After He Was Assassinated?

What Were President Abraham Lincoln Last Words?

Working-Men of Manchester, England, sent Lincoln a letter of anti-slavery solidarity. 

LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION

Captain Edwin Bedee, Union army, witnessed President Lincoln get shot at Ford's Theatre. 

Charles L. Willis witnessed President Lincoln's Assassination.

Did John Wilkes Booth Really Break a Leg Jumping from Lincoln's Box at Ford's Theatre?

Doctors' Present just after President Lincoln was shot and during his death. 

Early Portent of Lincoln's Death.

Grave Robbers try to steal President Lincoln's body in 1876.  

John Wilkes Booth Diary.

John Wilkes Booth's Failed Lincoln Abduction Plots. 

Lincoln's Funeral Hearse and Arch at 12th St. and Michigan Ave., Chicago, May 1, 1865. 

Lincoln's Funeral Rail-Car Landed in Minnesota in 1911 Before Being Destroyed by Fire. 

The Rage of John Wilkes Booth 

Trial of Assassins and Conspirators for the Murder of President Abraham Lincoln. pub:1865 

Union Lincoln Assassin Sympathizers Face Punishment, April 15, 1865. 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE AUTHOR

Abraham Lincoln, author of "A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder," a fictional story.

Abraham Lincoln's Poem "My Childhood Home I See Again." 

Abraham Lincoln's Poem "The Bear Hunt." 

THE LINCOLN FAMILY

An in-depth look at Mary Todd Lincoln's life. 

First Lady Mary Lincoln's Executive Mansion Project; The East Room.

Lincoln and Mary, newlyweds, rented an apartment at the Globe Tavern 1842-1844. 

Lincoln and Mary Todd. A Surprising, Enduring Union. 

Lincoln’s stepsister, Matilda Johnston Moore, Home Site at Lincoln Cabin State Historic Site. 

Mary Lincoln patient at Bellevue Place Sanitarium in Batavia, Illinois, with Doctor's Notes.

Mary Todd and Robert Lincoln in the Midst of the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. 

Mary Todd Lincoln was Injured in an 1863 Carriage Accident.

Mrs. Lincoln Surprised Abraham with a Home Remodeling Project.

Nancy Hanks Lincoln. A Sermon at All Souls Church, Abraham Lincoln Centre, Chicago. 
Séances in the White House Red Room with Mary Todd Lincoln. 

Thomas Lincoln (1778-1851), President Lincoln's Father. 

Who Were Abraham Lincoln's Siblings? 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES+ FILES GROUPED BY SUBJECT

Abraham Lincoln Accounts of the Assassination - Surnames A-E

Abraham Lincoln Accounts of the Assassination - Surnames S-Z

Abraham Lincoln and Education - Lincoln's Mind

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Eyes and Eyeglasses

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Face 

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Feet

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Fingerprints

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Hands and Arms 

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Hair 

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Hat 

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Head 

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Height

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Teeth

Abraham Lincoln's Appearance - Voice and Diction

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - April 1865 Newspaper Accounts of Booth's Capture

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Autopsy

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Embalming

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Ford's Theatre, 1861-1990

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Ford's Theatre Play Bills

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Funeral Train Fort Wayne, Indiana

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Funeral Train Time Tables

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Funeral, Cleveland Ohio April 28, 1865

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Funeral, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1865

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - John Wilkes Booth Diary

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - John Wilkes Booth Miscellaneous

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - John Wilkes Booth's Motives

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - John Wilkes Booth's Mummy

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - John Wilkes Booth's Writings

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Last Words and Acts

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Lincoln & Kennedy Assassination Comparisons

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Lincoln's Clothing

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Lincoln's Funeral March

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Louis J. Weichmann

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Models of the Funeral Train

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Our American Cousin Play

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Physicians

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Plot to Steal Lincoln's Body

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Post-Assassination Episodes

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Press Notices

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Reactions in Washington, D.C.

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Reactions to the Assassination

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Recollections and Accounts of Eyewitnesses

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Reminiscence of Gen. Hartranft During Trial of Conspirators

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Springfield Tomb, 1865-1919

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Springfield Tomb, Stone from the Wall of Servius Tullius

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Southern Reactions

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Thomas Proctor

Abraham Lincoln Assassination - Trial of the Conspirators

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Birth

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Birth and Astrological Predictions

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Boyhood Stories 

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Indiana Neighbors

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Knob Creek Drowning Incident

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Knob Creek Farm

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Legal Cases Brought Against Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - Lincoln's Physicians

Abraham Lincoln before 1860 - New Salem Saloon License

Abraham Lincoln's Executive Routine - Lincoln and the Constitution

Abraham Lincoln Forgeries - Charles Weisberg

Abraham Lincoln Forgeries - Italian Forgery

Abraham Lincoln Forgeries - Joseph Cosey

Abraham Lincoln Forgeries - Thomas P. Lowry

Abraham Lincoln Forgeries - William P. Brown

Abraham Lincoln's Habits - Food

Abraham Lincoln's Habits - Prohibition 

Abraham Lincoln's Habits - Temperance

Abraham Lincoln's Habits - Tobacco

Abraham Lincoln's Health - Ataxia

Abraham Lincoln's Health - General Health

Abraham Lincoln's Health - Genetic Testing

Abraham Lincoln's Health - Marfan Syndrome

Abraham Lincoln's Health - MEN2B Genetic Syndrome

Abraham Lincoln's Health - Physicians

Abraham Lincoln's Health - Venereal Disease

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Anger

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Homosexuality a 21st-Century Debate

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Honesty

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Humility

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Justice

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Kindness

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Love for Children

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Melancholy

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Memory

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Mercy

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Patience

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Profanity

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Psychobiography

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Religion

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Sense of Humor

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Simplicity

Abraham Lincoln's Personality - Sympathy

Abraham Lincoln's Vocations - Views on Business

John Wilkes Booth's Capture and Death Stories - Surnames A-L

John Wilkes Booth's Capture and Death Stories - Surnames M-Z

Thomas Lincoln Family - Bush-Johnston Family

Thomas Lincoln Family - Marriage of Thomas and Sarah Bush Johnston

Thomas Lincoln Family - Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln

LINCOLN BOOKS IN PDF

"Abraham Lincoln: A History" is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War.

A Chronicle of the Embattled North; Abraham Lincoln and the Union. pub:1918

A Chronicle of the Embattled South; The Day of the Confederacy. pub:1920 

Abe Lincoln's Yarns and Stories; America's Greatest Story Teller.

Abraham Lincoln, A History: The Complete Set: Vol 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10

Abraham Lincoln, A History, Vol 1-10 in one Searchable PDF file (5,395 pages - 291MB)

Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge: An Old Salem Romance. pub:1932

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews. pub:1909 

Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Ketcham. pub:1905

Abraham Lincoln, His Life, Public Services, Death, and Great Funeral Cortege. pub:1882 

Abraham Lincoln, His Youth, and Early Manhood. pub:1894

Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, a Brief History.

Abraham Lincoln the Man of the People, Norman Hapgood, pub:1899
Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln: Vol 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12(Index)

An In-depth Accounting of the Beginning of Lincoln's Financial Life.

Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln pub:1909

Death of Lincoln, Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Illinois. pub:1865 

Flame O' Dawn, the Story of Rev. John M. Camron who boarded Lincoln at New Salem, IL.
Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. pub:1893 - (2 volumes in one file.)
"How I Twice Eloped." The only novelette ever sketched by Abraham Lincoln. pub:1901
Jokes told by Lincoln; from the Illinois State Historical Library Lincoln collection. pub:1960 

Lincoln. An Account of His Personal Life, Deepened by the Ordeal of War. pub:1922

Lincoln in the Black Hawk War, an epos [poems] of the Northwest. pub:1910
Lincoln Letters. pub:1913
Lincoln Youth, Indiana Years, Seven to Twenty-one, 1816-1830 pub:1959 

Lincoln's Last Hours, by Charles A. Leale M.D. First Doctor at Ford's Theater. pub:1909 
Lincolnics, Familiar Sayings of Abraham Lincoln, pub:1906
Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln. Pub:1866

Memorial Record of the Nation's Tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Pub:1865

Native Americans and the Origin of Abraham Lincoln’s Views on Race
Opinions on 'Slavery,' and 'Reconstruction of the Union,' by President Lincoln. pub:1864
Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln, by Helen Nicolay, pub:1912

President Lincoln's Reasons for Arresting Vallandigham. pub:1863
Report on the title of Thomas Lincoln to the Home, Knob Creek in LaRue County, Kentucky.

Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln 1832-1865, pub:1894
Springfield: the home of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1926
Statues of Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lincoln Park, Chicago, pub:1887
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. pub:1864
The Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Ketcham. pub:1901 

The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln. pub:1943
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln. pub:1915 

The True Abraham Lincoln. pub:1913 
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-01 1832-1843
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-02 1843-1858
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-03 1858 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates-1
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-04 1858 The Lincoln-Douglas Debates-2
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-05 1858-1862
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-06 1862-1863
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-07 1863-1865
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Vol-08 The Life of Lincoln

STATUES—PHOTOS—PAINTINGS

Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln Statue in Racine, Wisconsin.

Abraham Lincoln and his Horse Statue at the Lincoln Cottage in Washington D.C. 

Abraham Lincoln, Oil on Canvas by John Henry Brown. 1860 

First Lincoln Daguerreotype Photograph was taken in 1846. 

First Statue of Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary in the United States.

Lincoln Family Oil on Canvas by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. 1865 

Lincoln Portrait Used as a Campaign Badge During the 1860 Presidential Election. 

President Lincoln and a group of civil war officers at Antietam, Maryland, 1862. 

Statues of Abraham Lincoln, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Lincoln Park, Chicago.

FILMS & VIDEOS

Abraham Lincoln Assassination Documentary. [Runtime 1:22:05] 

Abraham Lincoln Documentary [Runtime 3:37:24] 

Abraham Lincoln The Truth, Forever Free [Runtime 1:15:53] 

Biography of the life of Abraham Lincoln [Runtime 59:59] 

Lincoln Letters and Documents at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Chicago. [Runtime 8:24] 

     » The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop of Chicago, a Long History of Rare Collectables.

"Much Like an April Day: The Life of Mary Todd Lincoln" with Dr. Samuel Wheeler (2020) 

Samuel Wheeler, Ph.D. at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago. [Runtime 9:24] 

     » The Abraham Lincoln Book Shop of Chicago, a Long History of Rare Collectables.

Samuel Seymour, the Last Living Witness to President Lincoln's Assassination.  

"Statesmanship in Illinois" with Dr. Samuel Wheeler (2018) 

"Stealing Lincoln's Body." History Channel [Runtime: 1:32:04] 

"Top Secret Story of Abraham Lincoln." History Channel [Runtime: 1:08:11]

"Unrestrained by Parental Tyranny: The Lincolns" with Dr. Samuel Wheeler (2020)  

FOOD, RECIPES, AND COOKBOOKS

All Illinois Restaurants, Foods, Recipes & Old Cookbooks 

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