Papers, 1860-1965.

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Papers, 1860-1965.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19897420

Chiefly facsimiles of Lincoln letters; clippings; and other miscellany concerning Lincoln and his assassination. There are two original letters; one to Lincoln from John Jordan Crittenden, James Streshly Jackson, and William Henry Wadsworth concerning an appointment for Elisha Warfield Tarlton, 1861; and a letter to Lincoln from Thomas E. Bramlette, governor of Kentucky, 1864, criticizing military rule in that state.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Jackson, James Streshly, 1823-1862

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Crittenden, John J. (John Jordan), 1787-1863

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Kentucky lawyer and statesman, from Frankfort (Franklin Co.). From the description of Papers, 1786-1932. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19490792 From the description of Letters, 1835-1860. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32410179 John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) was born September 10, 1787. He attended the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807. In 1809 he became the Attorney-General for the Illinois Territory. During the Wa...

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...

Bramlette, Thomas Elliott, 1817-1875

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Kentucky governor. From the description of Proclamation, 1863 Oct. 17. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34122466 Thomas E. Bramlette was born in Cumberland County, KY, in 1817. He was a elected a member of the KY state legislature in 1841 and served as a KY state court judge in 1856. He was a colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War and a U.S. District Attorney for Kentucky in 1863. He served as Governor of Kentucky, 1863-67. He died in Louisville, KY, in...

Wadsworth, William Henry, 1821-1893

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