Letters, 1859-1865, 1896, 1936.

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Letters, 1859-1865, 1896, 1936.

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Miscellaneous items concerning Abraham Lincoln. Included are photostat copies of a letter from Lincoln to William Gooding and a recommendation for a Mr. Ulrich; a July 29, 1859 letter from Lincoln to N.B. Dodson; a Dec. 30, 1864 letter from General Alvin P. Hovey to John P. Usher concerning a military appointment and containing a written approval by Lincoln; a photostat and typescript copy of an 1841 letter from Lincoln to Mary Speed, Louisville, Ky.; part of a manuscript from Lincoln's speech delivered at the Wisconsin State Agricultural Fair, September 30, 1859 and letters and essays concerning an appearance by Lincoln in Beloit, Wis., the next day; a petition regarding the establishment of proper hospitals for wounded soldiers; a facsimile of the Gettysburg Address prepared for the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company; a facsimile of an 1864 letter of condolence to Mrs. Bixby, Boston, Mass., on the loss of her five sons in the Civil War; an account by Judge Joseph T. Mills of a meeting with Lincoln in the company of Governor Randall, and of meeting Frederick Douglass at the White House; a description of Lincoln's last Christmas; a poem in German about Lincoln; and an 1865 letter from George B. Todd describing the Lincoln assassination.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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...