Sesquicentennial miscellaneous, 1959.

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Sesquicentennial miscellaneous, 1959.

Banquet program autographed by Gov. Stratton and most of the foreign noteables who attended. Also invitations and tickets to the banquet and other events, and a Lincoln Pilgrimage patch.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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...

Stratton, William G., 1914-2001.

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Illinois governor, 1953-1961. From the description of Certificate, 1957, 1959. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 739970631 ...

Illinois. Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission

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Commission appointed by Governor William G. Stratton to plan the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. From the description of Sesquicentennial miscellaneous, 1959. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 430538752 Commission appointed by Governor William Stratton for the purpose of planning and directing a year long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Newton Camp Farr was chairman of the 51 mem...