Pencil sketch of Lincoln and letters re: Lincoln portrait, 1861, 1919.

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Pencil sketch of Lincoln and letters re: Lincoln portrait, 1861, 1919.

Pencil sketch of Lincoln begun in 1861. Handwritten notes on Lincoln's appearance. Letters, 1919, from several officials in Washington commenting on their memories of Lincoln and the authenticity of the portrait.

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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...

Thorp, Freeman, 1844-1922.

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American painter from Ohio who painted portraits of many famous people, including a portrait of Abraham Lincoln that hangs in the Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. From the description of Letter, December 24, 1921. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 86077033 American painter from Geneva, Ohio who painted portraits of many famous people including a portrait of Abraham Lincoln that hangs in the Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. ...