Abraham Lincoln scrapbook, 1865-1916.

Grand Army of the Republic

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Founded in 1866, in Decatur, Ill. From the description of Grand Army of the Republic scrapbooks, 1913. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276172404 The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of Civil War Union military veterans, formed in Decatur, Illinois in 1866. The GAR became one of the first advocacy groups in American politics, lobbying for black veterans, pensions, and supporting Republican candidates. The GAR waned during the 1870s as the ...

Wendell, Adelbert C., b. 1848.

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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...

Lincoln Farm Association

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National association, headquartered in New York, formed in an effort to preserve the farm where Abraham Lincoln was born. From the description of Records, 1906, 1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52459511 The Lincoln Farm Association was founded in 1906 to preserve the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky. From the description of Membership certificate, February 9, 1909. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record i...