Bissett-Witherspoon Lincoln Collection: Ephemera 1830-1958

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Bissett-Witherspoon Lincoln Collection: Ephemera 1830-1958

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Manuscripts, holograph and facsimile; magazine articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, programs, brochures, illustrations and other material by and about Abraham Lincoln and his times.

9 containers.; 5 linear feet of shelf space.

eng,

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6370679

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Bissett, Clark Prescott, 1875-1932

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Clark Prescott Bissett (1875-1932) was a practicing lawyer and a member of the faculty of the University of Washington Law School. He was also a well-known collector of Lincolniana, and published essays and books about Abraham Lincoln including Abraham Lincoln, a universal man (1923). From the guide to the Clark Prescott Bissett Papers on Abraham Lincoln, circa 1894-1923, (Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections) ...

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...