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Abraham Lincoln miscellany

 Collection
Identifier: 8412

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Posters, broadsides, memorabilia, etc., pertaining to Lincoln, particularly to his death and funeral. Contents include a Lincoln campaign song, 1864; a Thanksgiving proclamation, State of Wisconsin, April 12, 1865; an item listing the order of the funeral procession at obsequies of President Lincoln, 1865; an item concerning another funeral procession, held at Danville, April 19, 1865; an item on a public meeting in Boone County, Missouri, April 22, 1865; an item concerning a lecture by J.H. Surratt, Dec. 30, 1870, on a plot to kidnap Lincoln; and a poem by Edwin Markham, 1929, titled Lincoln, the man of the people.

"Lincoln and Liberty!!, Tract No. 14, New York, Sept. 18, 1860" political pamphlet issued by the Young Men's Republican Union of the City of New York for Lincoln and Hamlin.

Broadside: "The Irrepressible Conflict or The Republican Barge in Danger," published by Currier & Ives, 1860.

Also, early assassination broadside: "Crutch Extra!!! Important from Washington. Death of President Lincoln. The Assassin Escapes." printed for sick and wounded Union troops at Anapolis and one of the earliest printed descriptions of the assassination. Emancipation Proclamation, General Orders No. 139. Issued from the War Department, Washington, D.C. Signed in print by Abraham Lincoln, President; William H. Seward, Secretary of State; and Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General (3pp.). "Golden Sayings of Abraham Lincoln," broadside with 18 quotes from Lincoln. "Little 'Mac'" Copperhead ticket attacking George McClellan's credentials during the 1864 campaign. Harper's Weekly on Lincoln's assassination, May 20, 1865.

Two Abraham Lincoln Centennial souvenir postcards, 1909.

Emancipation Proclamation stamp and first day cover, 2013.

Dates

  • 1864-2015

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

.6 cubic feet. (.6 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Posters, broadsides, memorabilia, etc., pertaining to Lincoln, particularly to his death and funeral.

Physical Description

Newspapers, publications, memorabilia, printed material.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Jude Corina
Date completed:
June 2016
EAD encoding:
Jude Corina, July 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Jude Corina
Date
June 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)