ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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13yo Fleetwood Lindley last alive to see Lincoln's face at interment on 9/26/1901

1857 Lincoln's Almanac Murder Case. 

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

A History of Lincoln. The Complete Ten Volume Set in Searchable PDF Format. 

A Humorous Speech About Lincoln in the Black Hawk War. 
Alexander Gardner's Finest 1863 Photograph of President Lincoln.
An in-depth look at Mary Todd Lincoln's life. 

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

German Journalist, Henry Villard, and Abraham Lincoln's relationship with Him.

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

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

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

Interesting Incident with the Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Lincoln, a True Crime Author of "A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder."

Lincoln and Mary, newlyweds, rented an apartment at the Globe Tavern 1842-1844. 
Lincoln and Mary Todd. A Surprising, Enduring Union. 

Lincoln's Attachment to the Wide-Awake Political Club.
Lincoln came near death from smallpox. 
Lincoln's Christmas Legend. 
Lincoln County, the Illinois County that Never Was. 
Lincoln’s Dog, Fido, was Assassination. 

Lincoln-Douglas Debates; the First being held on August 21, 1858.

Lincoln’s Early Boyhood in Kentucky.

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

Lincoln’s Ghost Captured by Photographer in 1872.

Lincoln Institutes centralized banking to fund Union in the Civil War on 3/3/1863. 

Lincoln is the Only U.S. President to Hold a Patent. 
Lincoln’s Last Christmas. 

Lincoln's Law Partner, William H. Herndon's 200th Birthday was Dec. 25, 2018.
Lincoln Life Masks. 
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's Poem - "My Childhood Home I See Again."

Lincoln's Poem - "The Bear Hunt."

Lincoln's Premature Aging from 1860 thru 1865. 
Lincoln Quashes Gen. Ulysses Grant's Order of Expulsion of Southern Jews. 
Lincoln Reviews Court Martials.

Lincoln, the Pilgrims, and a determined editor invented Thanksgiving Day. 

Lincoln Used "Blue Mass" (mercury pills) to treat some of his health issues.

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. 
My Private Tour with Historian Dr. Wheeler of the Lincoln Museum & Library.
Mystery of the exterior color of Lincoln's funeral train car... Solved!  

Mary Lincoln and Robert (son) in the midst of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.
Séances in the White House Red Room with Mary Todd Lincoln. 
Samuel Seymour, the Last Living Witness to President Lincoln's Assassination.
Statement falsely attributed to Lincoln during his presidential campaign.
Teetotaler Lincoln, a member of the 'Long Nine', Really Enjoyed a Good Party.
The History of Illinois' Lincoln Trail. 

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 President's Lincoln's Philosophies were Democratic.

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

Unfounded Quotes Attributed to Abraham Lincoln. 

Union Lincoln Assassin Sympathizers Face Punishment, April 15, 1865.
Working-Men of Manchester, England, sent Lincoln a letter of anti-slavery solidarity. 

PHOTOGRAPHS

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. 

Lincoln Family oil on canvas by Francis Bicknell Carpenter. 1865 

Lincoln Portrait was used as a campaign badge during the 1860 presidential election. 

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

LINCOLN BOOKS IN PDF FORMAT

Abraham Lincoln, A History: Complete Set of Volumes - 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10

"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.

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.
Complete works of Abraham Lincoln: Vol: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12 (Index)
Death of Lincoln, Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Illinois. pub:1865
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 Letters. pub:1913
Lincoln Youth, Indiana Years, Seven to Twenty-one, 1816-1830 pub:1959
Lincolnics, Familiar Sayings of Abraham Lincoln, pub:1906
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
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 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

FILMS & VIDEOS

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