Records, 1929-1931.

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Records, 1929-1931.

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There are letters from Barrett, Horner, Emmerson, Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie and H.H. Cleaveland, Director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings for Illinois. A number of letters from Weaver, Sumerlin and Lucas. Ten folders of correspondence and papers regarding activities of the Association kept by vice-chairman Adolph Sumerlin. Numerous letters from citizens giving their personal knowledge of the Lincoln family. Working papers include affidavits from families in Clark, Coles, Crawford and Edgar Counties; reports; maps, blueprints and clippings; and brochures, broadsides and other publicity.

1.5 linear feet (3 1/2 boxes)

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7753895

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...

Lincoln family.

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Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851

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Laborer and father of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Collection concerning Thomas Lincoln, 1796-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71015074 ...

Lincoln National Memorial Highway Committee.

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Committee appointed in 1929 by Illinois Governor Louis Emmerson pursuant to House Joint Resolution No. 32 in which the Governor was requested to collect data regarding the construction of a highway that followed the same path that the Lincoln family followed when traveling from Kentucky to Illinois. Committee officers were Logan Hay, Paul Angle, Oliver Barrett, Henry Horner and Otto L. Schmidt. Resolution No. 32 also called for a Lincoln National Highway Association for the state of Illinois, wh...

Emmerson, Louis L. (Louis Lincoln), 1863-1941

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Mount Vernon, Illinois furniture dealer, bank president, and alderman; a Republican who served 3 terms as Illinois secretary of state (1917-1929) and 1 as governor (1929-1933). From the description of Papers, 1917-1932. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 61770086 Illinois secretary of state, 1917-1929, and governor, 1929-1933. From the description of Autograph, January 28, 1930. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: ...