Letter: Springfield, Ill., to Selig Polyscope Co[mpany], Chicago, [Ill.], 1917 July 12.

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Letter: Springfield, Ill., to Selig Polyscope Co[mpany], Chicago, [Ill.], 1917 July 12.

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Letter to film company points out historical inaccuracies about Abraham Lincoln in the film The Crisis.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Selig Polyscope Company

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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...

Humphrey, J. Otis, 1850-1918,

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Springfield, Illinois lawyer who was appointed United States Attorney for the Southern District in 1897 by President McKinley and in 1901 was appointed United States Judge. He was interested in politics and was chairman of the Republican County Central Committee for four years and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896. He studied the law with the firm of Robinson Knapp & Shutt and was admitted to the bar in 1880 and then went to work for John A. Chestnut in the office ...