Emanuel Hertz papers, 1826-1936.

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Emanuel Hertz papers, 1826-1936.

Chiefly material relating to Hertz's work entitled Abraham Lincoln : A New Portrait (1931). Includes galley proofs of volume II, research material relating to the book, a catalog of the Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana in the Library of Congress, articles and addresses relating to Lincoln, notes, notebooks, autographs, and autograph albums.

80 items.2 containers plus 3 oversize.1.0 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8330165

Library of Congress

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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...

Hertz, Emanuel, 1870-1940

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Lincoln biographer and New York City lawyer who handled the Herndon-Weik papers used in writing his book and coveted by many Lincoln historians. Wrote and lectured prolifically on the topic of Lincoln. From the description of Manuscript of the hidden Lincoln, ca. 1938. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592572 Hertz was a writer, collector of Lincolniana, and an alumnus of City College, Class of 1892. From the description of Papers, [ca...

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...

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...