Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana circa 1824-1933

Edwards, Ninian Wirt

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Springfield, Illinois lawyer, attorney general, state legislator, superintendent of public instruction, appointed Captain, Commissary of Subsistence during Civil War, land speculator, and biographer of his father Ninian Edwards, the third governor of Illinois. Married to Elizabeth P. Todd, sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. From the description of Papers, 1791-1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53167532 ...

Lincoln family.

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Johnston, John D., 1810-1854

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Coles County, Ill., farmer. Abraham Lincoln's stepbrother. From the description of Promissory notes, 1852 Dec. 22. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 43575437 ...

White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford’s Theatre. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as “desolate” although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private education. Just...

Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Bell, John, 1796-1869

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John Bell was one of antebellum Tennessee's most prominent politicians and an acknowledged leader of the state's Whig Party. The son of a farmer and blacksmith, Bell was born in Davidson County and graduated from Cumberland College in 1814. After his admission to the bar in 1816, he opened a law practice in Franklin in Williamson County. A year later, his political career began with his election to the state Senate, but he declined to seek reelection after one term. Perhaps because he recognized...

Illinois. General Assembly

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The General Assembly, composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives, serves as the legislative body for the State of Illinois. As successor to the territorial Legislative Council and House of Representatives, principal General Assembly activities include enacting, amending or repealing laws; passing resolutions; adopting appropriations bills; and conducting inquiries on proposed legislation. Prior to the General Corporation Law of 1872, charters were granted to corporations by General ...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882

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Lawyer and author. From the description of Richard Henry Dana correspondence, 1843-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449368 Author and lawyer Richard Henry Dana was the privileged son of an aristocratic Massachusetts family. Taking time from Harvard because of medical problems, he went to sea, where his experiences as a sailor inspired him to write Two Years Before the Mast. A sea story that was part memoir and part social commentary, the novel proved to be popular with...

Wallace, Frances, 1817-

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Whitney, Henry Clay, 1831-1905

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Illinois attorney, legal and political colleague of Abraham Lincoln, and author of Life on the Circuit with Lincoln (1892). From the description of Articles, May 1856, 1896. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 60858861 ...

Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901

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Private secretary and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John George Nicolay autograph [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 174963388 A private secretary to Abraham Lincoln while he served as president and a biographer of Lincoln after his death. From the description of Letters, 1854-1899. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53040007 Private secretaries to President Abraham Linco...

Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930

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Author, lecturer, and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922). From the description of Correspondence, 1887-1921, 1948. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 59284104 Author, lecturer and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922). Fr...

Judd, Norman B. (Norman Buel), 1815-1878

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U.S. minister to Prussia, 1861-1865. Judd nominated Abraham Lincoln for President at the 1860 Republican National Convention. From the description of Letters, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 43798028 Chairman, Republican State Central Committee, Chicago, Ill. Judd nominated Abraham Lincoln for President at the 1860 Republican National Convention. From the description of Correspond...

Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

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Lawyer from Pennsylvania who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1859 and served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. After the war, he led the Radical Republicans, opposing both Lincoln and then Andrew Johnson, endorsing military occupation of the South. When Johnson opposed ratification of the 14th Amendment, Stevens led the call for his impeachment. From the description of Letter, Dec. 7, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record i...

Swett, Leonard, 1825-1889

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Leonard Herbert Swett, son of Leonard Swett and Laura Quigg, was born in 1858 in Bloomington, Illinois and traveled extensively in the American West as a surveyor with the United States Geological Survey. He married Rose Maria Skillings (1864-1914) in 1889 and they had at least one child, Laura Rose Swett, born in 1897. From the guide to the Leonard H. Swett papers, 1867-1934, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Leonard Swett (1825-1889), active in Illinois politics ...

Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896

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Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); State Representative, St. Clair County (1840-1842); Illinois Secretary of State (1841-1843); unsuccessful candidate for Governor (1880). From the description of Letter, September 29, 1842. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 71275513 Lawyer from Belleville, Illinois; United States Senator (1855-1873); State Supreme Court Justice (1848-1853); S...

Friend, Charles

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Lincoln, Sarah Bush Johnston, 1788-1869

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White, Horace, 1834-1916

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Journalist and economist. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : to [Horton?], 1886 May 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647805830 Journalist and editor for Chicago Tribune (1857-1874) and New York Evening Post (1881-1903). Author of several books including a biography of Lyman Trumbull. From the description of Letters, November 1863, July 30, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 145746010 From the desc...

Williams, Archibald, 1801-1863

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Johnston, John D., 1815-

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Logan, Stephen T. (Stephen Trigg), 1800-1880

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Logan was a lawyer who came to Springfield, Illinois in 1832 from Kentucky and served as a circuit judge, state legislator, delegate to the 1847 Constitutional Convention, and law partner with Abraham Lincoln from 1841-1844. From the description of Papers, 1833-1873. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52538354 From the description of Papers, 1840. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52538355 Lawyer who came to Springf...

Graham, Mentor, 1800-1886

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Abraham Lincoln's teacher. From the description of Mentor Graham correspondence, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984610 Teacher, New Salem, Illinois; Abraham Lincoln lived with and tutored under Graham in the early 1830s. From the description of Document, 1848 July 15. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31726390 From the description of Documents, 1830-1847. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 317263...

Weik Manuscript Corporation

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Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Letter signed, with a line in his autograph : Springfield, Illinois, to President Lincoln, 1863 Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584462 Illinois governor, 1861-1865; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1842-1846, 1849-1850; U.S. senator, 1865-1871. From the description of Letter : General Head Quarters, Springfield, State of Illinois, to John S. Bradford, 1861 April 17. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...

Thomas, Richard S. (Richard Symmes)

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Lawyer and nephew of Jesse B. Thomas, born in Missouri in 1817, practiced law in Springfield and Virginia, Ill. Elected to the Illinois legislature in 1848. In 1854 he opened a real estate agency in Chicago, Ill. with Dr. Boone, but after a year he returned to Cass County where he practiced law and was elected president of the Illinois River Railroad. In 1860 he returned to Chicago, opened a law practice and remained there until his death in 1865. Married to Helen Malvina of Kentucky and had two...

Lincoln family.

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Helm, John B.

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864

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Giddings was an abolitionist congressman from the Western Reserve of Ohio. He studied law in the office of Elisha Whittlesey at Canfield, Ohio, in 1821 was admitted to the bar. It is claimed that Giddings later had significant influence on Lincoln's thinking toward the abolition of slavery. From the description of Account book of his law practice in the Court of Common Pleas, Ashtabula County, Ohio, 1827-1835. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 77657856 Ohio s...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Wilson, R. L. (Robert L.)

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Hanks, Dennis

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Dennis Hanks was Abraham Lincoln's cousin. From the description of Autobiographical sketch of Dennis Hanks : manuscript, 1877 (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 83298559 ...

Pierce, Edward Lillie, 1829-1897

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Supporters of President Grant removed Sumner as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate in 1871. Edward L. Pierce defended the reputation of Sumner after this episode became a matter of fresh historical controversy in 1877. Others involved in the controversy were Lothrop Motley, John Jay, and Hamilton Fish. From the description of Clippings concerning Charles Sumner and President U.S. Grant : album, 1877-1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612815430 ...

Edwards, Ninian Wirt

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Whig Party (U.S.)

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McCallen, Andrew

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Haycraft, Samuel, 1795-1878

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Clerk of Hardin County, Ky. From the description of Samuel Haycraft : miscellaneous papers, 1792-1870. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279726 Clerk of Hardin County, Ky.). From the description of Journal, 1849-1878. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49279696 Clerk of court, Lawyer, State Senator. Samuel Haycraft of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. was appointed clerk of both circuit an...

Conkling, James Cook, 1816-1899,

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Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon was a Springfield, Illinois lawyer, and the last law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Letter, April 5, 1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 662739068 Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer. From the description of ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617046 Springfield, Ill. lawyer, who had been Abraham Lincoln's law partn...

Wentworth, John, 1815-1888

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John Wentworth, Dartmouth Class of 1836; born Sandwich, NH, 1815; lawyer, mayor of Chicago, 1857 and 1860, member of Congress, 1843-51 and 1865-67. From the description of Letters, 1860-1861, to Richard Yates. (New Hampshire Newsp Project). WorldCat record id: 80527012 Early settler of Chicago who owned much property there, newspaper editor, Democratic and then Republican politician, Congressman, and mayor of Chicago. From the description of Letters, 1847-1884. (...

Delahay, Mark W. (Mark William), 1818?-1879

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Delahay was an old friend of Lincoln who had formerly lived in Illinois, but moved to Leavenworth, Kansas. He had managed Lincoln's campaign in the territory, and as a reward for his political support Lincoln appointed him Surveyor-General for Kansas and Nebraska in April 1861. From the description of Correspondence : Washington, D.C., with Abraham Lincoln, 1861 May 10. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617157 ...

Speed, Joshua F. (Joshua Fry), 1814-1882

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From Kentucky, came to Springfield, Illinois where he became a good friend of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Papers, 1841-1853. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 55768305 Abraham Lincoln's most intimate friend from his days in Springfield. He was a partner in a general store, a farmer and real estate investor. His brother James Speed became Lincoln's second attorney general. His sister Eliza lived in Kentucky. From the descript...

Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

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Lawyer; Indiana senator, 1899-1911; historian and author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Correspondence, 1924-1928. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159077 From the description of Letters: to Jesse W. Weik, 1924-1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159080 Beveridge was an Indianapolis, Ind. lawyer, politician, and historical writer. He was elected to the U.S. Senate for two terms, and a...

Hay, John, 1838-1905

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Brown class of 1858. Secretary to Abraham Lincoln; Ambassador to Court of St. James; Secretary of State; author. From the description of Papers, 1829-1916. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122598680 American diplomat and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cleveland, to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644640373 Statesman, poet, Secretary of State. ...

Gentry, Kate Roby

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