Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Newspaper entitled Boston Journal, Morning Edition, Wednesday November 7, 1860, several pages. The returns and results of the state and national elections are revealed, a giant headline states "Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States"

Handwritten statement on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln dated May 17, 1865. This handwritten preamble and resolution by Benjamin Dean of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, expresses the Supreme Council’s sympathy over the death of the recently assassinated President.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, celebrating an exhibition at Brown University.

Military appointment of Samuel Gilman, Jr., Dated December 24, 1863. In this letter to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, President Lincoln supports New York Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford's request to appoint Samuel Gilman, Jr., to the 3rd Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Army.

Commission for Frank Stanwood as a First Lieutenant in the Third Regiment of the United States Cavalry. Signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State Edwin Stanton and dated May 1, 1862.

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln signed by the artist (1903-1990)

This collection includes applications, minutes of meetings, meeting notices, correspondence, schedule of returns, and a statement on the assassination of President Lincoln