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Nathan Sargent from Willie Mangum, November 25, 1850

Copies of two letters written to and regarding Nathan Sargent. The first, written by Sen. Willie Mangum to Nathan Sargent, describes his attempt to see the Vice President after Sargent is rejected by the Senate. The second, written by Sen. Thomas…

J.G Ramsdall from A.B. Markham

Letter describing Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, the celebrations, and his impressions of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburgh. The letter is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mr. Claude Hamilton from the…

John W. Markle to his wife

Letter from John W. Markle written on Charles Magnus broadside ballad of "Nobody Hurt" (Old Abe) by John Ross Dix with images of Columbia holding a pen, the Constitution and a shield; the face of Abraham Lincoln framed by a star and array of U.S.…

Bill of indictment for theft against a slave belonging to Ritchard Potts, 1839

Bill of indictment against a slave, by the jurors of the State of Maryland, for receiving and secreting stolen goods from another slave.

Bill of indictment for theft against a slave belonging to Ritchard Potts, 1839

Bill of indictment against a slave, by the jurors of the State of Maryland, for receiving and secreting stolen goods from another slave.

Allegory of Lincoln's Death

Allegory of Lincoln's Death painted by Belgian artist Constantin Meunier in 1865.

Hon. E. B. Payne from Wells C. Morrill

Letter from Civil War soldier Wells C. Morrill to friend E. B. Payne with an account of promotions in Co. H of the Illinois 37th Infantry, and his negative reaction to negro suffrage.

William Henry Shepard from G. C. Noble

Letter to a friend from Harvard law student regarding his attendance at Boston political festivals where he heard Abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass, and at a women's rights convention. He also discusses politics in the 1860…

Theodore Peticolas Diaries

Theodore Victor Peticolas, born 29 Feb. 1800 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a fruit farmer in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio at the time he maintained this diary. It contains his account of the day-to-day routine farm work, crops, family,…

A.S. Clark from Thomas Proctor

Letter requesting copies of an illustration of Lincoln's deathbed scene published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, from a man who was present, Mar. 12, 1896

Whitley Read Civil War diary

This diary was kept by soldier Whitley Read detailing his last year of service in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery, Company H. It also focuses on his postwar service on a Great Lakes Schooner. The last pages of the diary include brief memoranda and…

Personal account of friendship with Abraham Lincoln by John Linden Roll

Biographical sketch of an Illinois family acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in Illinois from 1831.

Invoice for freight of B. Roach on the steamer S. S. Prentiss, ca. 1858

Invoice for the transport of freight belonging to B. Roach on the steamboat S. S. Prentiss. Freight to be shipped down the Yazoo River includes slaves, tools, and general supplies.