Papers, [1859 or 1860]-1861.

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Papers, [1859 or 1860]-1861.

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Papers relating to the U.S. Zouave Cadets. Sixteen pages of a manual of arms, probably the one Ellsworth wrote for the Cadets; the Cadets' book Organization, drill and uniforms ... [1860], giving a history and description of the unit and their tours, with extensive press notices; membership certificates and dance cards of the Cadets' Terpsichorean Club; a circular soliciting free rail transportation for the Cadets on their 1860 tour; and a photocopy of a letter from Lincoln to Ellsworth concerning a military post for Ellsworth.

11 items ; 29 cm. or smaller.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Ellsworth, E. E. (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861

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Born as Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth in Malta, New York, Ellsworth grew up in Mechanicville, New York, and later moved to New York City. In 1854, he moved to Rockford, Illinois, where he worked for a patent agency. In 1859, he became engaged to Carrie Spafford, the daughter of a local industrialist and city leader. When Carrie's father demanded that he find more suitable employment, he moved to Chicago to study law and work as a law clerk. In 1860, Ellsworth moved to Springfield, Illinois, to work...

Cadet's Terpsichorean Club.

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Illinois. Militia. U.S. Zouave Cadets.

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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...