Correspondence, 1887-1921, 1948.

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Correspondence, 1887-1921, 1948.

Correspondence with various persons about Lincoln research, materials, and publications. Includes 3 letters (1887) to Emily Todd Helm (Mary Lincoln's half sister); letter by David H. Donald (1948) criticizing Weik.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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, 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...

Helm, Emily Todd, 1836-1930.

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Resident, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; half sister to Mary Todd Lincoln; wife of Ben Hardin Helm. From the description of Letters, 1895, ca. 1926. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33809567 From the description of Letter: Elizabethtown, Ky., to Albert S. Edwards, 1895 Jan. 13. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 33809523 Biographical note: Emily (Emilie) Todd Helm was the wife of Confederate General Benjamin...

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...

Donald, David Herbert, 1920-2009

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Historian. From the description of Reminiscences of David Herbert Donald : oral history, [197-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681083 ...