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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1809-02-12 - 1865-04-15

Occupations

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Languages Used

  • English

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Handwritten statement on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, 1865 May 17

 Item
Identifier: A2019-097-003
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1865 May 17

Military appointment of Samuel Gilman, Jr., 1863 December 24

 Item
Identifier: A1974-002-039
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1863 December 24

Officer's commission issued to Frank Stanwood, 1862 May 01

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1983-021-001
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1862 May 01

Republican ticket with Abraham Lincoln for President, 1860

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2008-058-001
Scope and Contents

Republican Ticket listing Abraham Lincoln for president and Hannibal Hamlin for vice-president. It lists other local candidates from Boston that are running in the 1860 election including governor, lieutenant governor, and others

Dates: 1860

The Centenary of Abraham Lincoln's Birth, 1809-1909, 1909

 Item — Folder 3
Identifier: A1976-023-008
Scope and Contents

This poster includes 100 small photographs of Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: 1909