Pre-publication material for "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" by Ward Hill Lamon 1907-1912

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Pre-publication material for "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" by Ward Hill Lamon 1907-1912

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/643312557

The collection contains three autograph notes from Teillard to Gilbert Tracy, a collector; a prospectus of the book; several pages of autograph notes by Tracy; and a newspaper clipping that advertises and another that reviews the book. The bulk of the correspondence concerns editorial issues and advice, but also contains a list of Union generals and short bibliography of books about Lincoln.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Tracy, Gilbert A. (Gilbert Avery), 1835-

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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...

Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893

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Ward Hill Lamon, a close friend and a biographer of Abraham Lincoln. A native of Virginia, he moved to Illinois in 1847. He became Lincoln's law partner, and in the 1850's worked for his political career. In 1861, Lamon accompanied Lincoln to Washington. In the same year he was appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia. After Lincoln's assassination, Lamon practiced law in a partnership with Jeremiah S. Black. Black's son, Chauncey F. Black ghostwrote Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872). ...

Teillard, Dorothy Lamon

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Daughter of Ward Hill Lamon, author of the book. From the description of Pre-publication material for "Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865" by Ward Hill Lamon 1907-1912 (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 643312557 ...