Letters to Truman H. Bartlett, 1875-1920 ; bulk: 1875-1892.

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Letters to Truman H. Bartlett, 1875-1920 ; bulk: 1875-1892.

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Letters received by Truman H. Bartlett, 1875-91, mostly sent by William H. Herndon about the life of President Abraham Lincoln. Letters include discussions of Lincoln's paternity and mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln, historical and genealogical notes, discussions of their friendships with Lincoln, clippings, and brief biographical sketches. Also includes letters to and from James K. Magie, Joseph Medill, H.E. Scudder, Jesse W. Weik, and Herndon's wife Anna after his death, 1892. Also includes letters received by Massachusetts Historical Society librarian Julius Herbert Tuttle, 1920, from Rev. William E. Barton and Bartlett pertaining to the use of these letters for books written by Barton.

1 narrow box and 1 narrow box of photocopies.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, 1784-1818

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Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930

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Clergyman. From the description of William Eleazar Barton address, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453232 Minister First Congregational Church, Oak Park, Illinois, 1899-1924; author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Papers, 1920s. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 77514474 Congregational clergyman, author. From the guide to the William E. Barton letter to Mr. Graff, 1900, (The New York Publi...

Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923

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Bartlett was an American author who wrote books and articles about artists and art movements. From the description of Collection on Auguste Rodin, 1886-1913. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367704 Truman Howe Bartlett (1835-1923) was a sculptor in Boston, Mass. From the description of Truman Howe Bartlett scrapbook, circa 1880-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646402695 ...

Medill, Joseph, 1823-1899

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American journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chicago, to J.M. dalzell, 1881 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270636685 Journalist & major stockholder/director of the Chicago Tribune. Active participant in the formation of a "compact" Republican party and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln's. From the description of Joseph Medill letter to S. S. McClure [manuscript], 1893 Sep 8. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 317...

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...

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902

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Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mifflin and Company and editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1890-1898). From the description of Papers, 1879-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370549 From the description of Additional papers, 1859-1903. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82251260 From the guide to the Additional papers, 1859-1903., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Scudder was an editor with Houghton, Mi...

Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon was a Springfield, Illinois lawyer, and the last law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Letter, April 5, 1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 662739068 Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer. From the description of ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617046 Springfield, Ill. lawyer, who had been Abraham Lincoln's law partn...

Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930

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Author, lecturer, and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922). From the description of Correspondence, 1887-1921, 1948. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 59284104 Author, lecturer and Lincoln biographer of Greencastle, Indiana. Collaborated with William Henry Herndon on Herndon's Lincoln (1889). Author of The Real Lincoln (1922). Fr...

Lincoln family

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Tuttle, Julius Herbert, 1857-

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Magie, James Kingsley, 1827-1893.

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Herndon, Anna Miles, 1836-1893.

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