Scrapbook of sheet music, 1843-1864.

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Scrapbook of sheet music, 1843-1864.

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Collection of sheet music. Several scores have forged signature of Abraham Lincoln, most likely done by Eugene Field II. In addition, several scores contain a spurious notarized statement indicating that this score was destined for destruction while Mrs. Lincoln was cleaning house in 1866, and saved by her coachman, William P. Brown.

1 v. ; 36 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7994526

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Field, Eugene, 1880-1946.

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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...