Papers, 1837-1867 [microform]

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Papers, 1837-1867 [microform]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301745551

The Gurley Papers include manuscript sermons and correspondence, a few transcripts of correspondence, an original and transcript of the sermon Gurley preached at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln, and a transcript of the sermon Gurley preached at the funeral of Lincoln's young son William. There are also several photographs of Gurley, some taken at Matthew Brady's studio.

0.25 cubic ft.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284089

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Gurley, P. D. (Phineas Densmore), 1816-1868

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Clergyman. From the description of P. D. Gurley correspondence, 1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984789 Presbyterian minister, Washington, D.C., 1854-1868; chaplain to U.S. Senate. Present at death of Abraham Lincoln and gave sermon at Lincoln's funeral. From the description of Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to M.D. Phillips, 1866 March 16. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32483646 Phin...

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...