Angle, Paul M., ed. The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. Previously published as: Created Equal? [Chicago]: University of Chicago Press, [1958]. Reprint, with a new foreword by David Zarefsky. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.
LINCOLN, Abraham
About this object
1809–1865
Biography
LINCOLN, Abraham, a Representative from Illinois and 16th President of the United States; born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809; moved with his parents to a tract on Little Pigeon Creek, Ind., in 1816; attended a log-cabin school at short intervals and was self-instructed in elementary branches; moved with his father to Macon County, Ill., in 1830 and later to Coles County, Ill.; read the principles of law and works on surveying; during the Black Hawk War he volunteered in a company of Sangamon County Rifles organized April 21, 1832; was elected its captain and served until May 27, when the company was mustered out of service; reenlisted as a private and served until mustered out June 16, 1832; returned to New Salem, Ill., and was unsuccessful as a candidate for the State house of representatives; entered business as a general merchant in New Salem; postmaster of New Salem 1833-1836; deputy county surveyor 1834-1836; elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1834, 1836, 1838, and 1840; declined to be a candidate for renomination; admitted to the bar in 1836; moved to Springfield, Ill., in 1837 and engaged in the practice of law; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); did not seek a renomination in 1848; an unsuccessful applicant for Commissioner of the General Land Office under President Taylor; tendered the Governorship of Oregon Territory, but declined; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the United States Senate before the legislature of 1855; unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1858; elected as a Republican President of the United States in 1860; reelected in 1864 and served from March 4, 1861, until his death; shot by an assassin in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865, and died the following day; lay in state in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, April 19-21, 1865; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Springfield, IL
Papers:
1832-1865. 2 feet.
Personal, business, and congressional papers and correspondence, photographs, portraits, and memorabilia. Manuscripts only a portion of the larger collection which contains over 10,000 books titles, 1,000 broadsides, 1,000 prints, and any medium which portrays Lincoln or comments on his life. Finding aid in repository. Restricted.
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Papers:
3 letters and an unspecified number of documents.
Boston University
Boston, MA
Papers:
Edward Carlton Stone collection of Lincoln letters, 1860-1865. 95 items.
Indexed in library's card catalog. Restricted.
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn, NY
Papers:
6 items of official correspondence (1861-1864) and 7 miscellaneous documents (1858-1911).
Finding aid in repository.
Brown University
Providence, RI
Papers:
McLellan Lincoln collection, 1789-1939. 1,678 items.
Correspondence, documents, and other papers. Published description. Also photocopies and microfilm of originals in other collections.
Cambridge Historical Society
Cambridge, MA
Papers:
In the Quincy-Hill-Phillips-Treadwell papers,1699-1969, 2 file boxes (0.83 linear foot).
Correspondents include Abraham Lincoln.
Columbia University
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York, NY
Papers:
ca. 500 items (1860-1934) in the John Wesley Hill collection.
Detroit Public Library
Burton Historical Collection
Detroit, MI
Papers:
In Edgar De Witt Jones papers, 1844-1955. ca. 1,090 items.
In part photocopies or facsimiles of Lincoln correspondence. Card index in library.
Duke University
Durham, NC
Papers:
In U.S. Presidents' papers, 1753-1935. 202 items.
Card index in library.
Georgetown University
Special Collections
Washington, DC
Papers:
David Rankin Barbee papers, 1886-1956. 25 feet.
Focus on events leading up to assassination and on people near the event. Finding aid in library.
Papers:
E.H. Swaim collection, 1893-1980. 7 feet.
Focus on career of John Wilkes Booth after assassination. Finding aid in library.
Papers:
Eugene Boss collection.
Especially political ephemera, signed documents, and autographs.
Papers:
Lincoln collection of Earl Kubicek.
Printed books, pamphlets, journal issues, and other items.
Huntington Library
San Marino, CA
Papers:
Lincoln file, 1811-1922. 1,275 items.
Artificially assembled collection of Lincolniana written to, by, or about Lincoln, including much about his legal practice and business matters.
Illinois State Archives
Springfield, IL
Papers:
1832-1861.
Legislative material, documents and correspondence, and family-related items, all related to his service in state legislature. Index in repository.
Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, IN
Papers:
14 scattered letters and documents.
Knox College
Archives and Special Collections, Seymour Library
Galesburg, IL
Papers:
1843-1855. ca. 10 items.
Reports of legal cases in Springfield, in which Lincoln served as an attorney. Finding aid in repository.
Papers:
1830-1865, 20th century. 2 feet.
Transcripts and photocopies of letters and documents by or about Lincoln concerning his legal and political career. Also printed material. Unpublished calendar in repository.
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
1774-1948. 48 linear feet (221 containers).
The papers of Abraham Lincoln include Lincoln’s first and second inaugural addresses, his preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, the two earliest known copies of the Gettysburg Address (the Nicolay and Hay copies), his August 23, 1864, memorandum expressing his expectation of being defeated for re-election in the upcoming presidential contest, and a condolence letter written to Mary Todd Lincoln by Queen Victoria following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The Lincoln Papers are characterized by a large number of correspondents, including friends and associates from Lincoln’s Springfield days, well-known political figures and reformers, and local people and organizations writing to their president. A finding aid is available online.
Papers:
Herndon-Weik collection of Lincolniana, ca. 1830-1927. 36 containers.
Partial calendar. Register. Also on microfilm (15 reels).
Papers:
Subject collection (birth), 1894-1946. 8 items.
Papers:
Subject collection (centennial), 1909. 1 item.
Papers:
In Mary Todd Lincoln collection, 1861-1909.
19 items.
Papers:
1831-1866. 1 reel of microfilm.
Originals in Huntington Library.
Papers:
1838-1934. 2 reels of microfilm.
Originals in New York Public Library.
Library of Congress
Rare Book Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
The Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana, 1837-1912. Over 11,100 items.
The Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana includes contemporary newspapers, Lincoln's law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets, and other ephemeral items. There are over 1,300 items and 4,000 images from this collection available online.
Lincoln Memorial University
Department of Lincolniana
Harrogate, TN
Papers:
1838-1864. ca. 50 items.
Includes correspondence, documents, and law briefs.
Lincoln National Life Foundation
Fort Wayne, IN
Papers:
Manuscript materials by, about, or associated with Lincoln, including over 100 letters and autographs.
Missouri Historical Society
St. Louis, MO
Papers:
1839-1947. ca. 200 items.
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY
Papers:
1860-1865. 137 items.
New York Public Library
New York, NY
Papers:
1849-1865. 52 items.
Photocopies of originals privately owned. Inventory in library.
Ohio Historical Society
Columbus, OH
Papers:
1861-1865. 1/4 foot.
Princeton University
Seeley G. Mudd Library
Princeton, NJ
Papers:
In the Andre deCoppet collection, 1566-1942. ca. 3,700 items.
Union College
Weeks-Townsend Memorial Library
Barbourville, KY
Papers:
Unknown quantity of material dealing with Lincoln and Union College.
University of Chicago Library
Special Collections Research Center
Chicago, IL
Papers:
1608-1918. 2 feet. Lincoln historical collection.
Papers relating to Lincoln and his family, including genealogical material, documents, and letters; together with papers of leaders and participants in affairs before, during, and after the Civil War. In part photocopies. Indexed.
University of Michigan
Bentley Historical Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers:
1856, 1864. 3 items.
University of Michigan
William L. Clements Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers:
1856-1865. 22 letters.
Part of Schoff Civil War collection.
Western Reserve Historical Society
Cleveland, OH
Papers:
1841-1870. 237 items.
Letters and documents to, from, and about Lincoln.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
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Baker, James Thomas. Abraham Lincoln: The Man and the Myth. Fort Worth: Harcourt College Publishers, 2000.
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___., ed. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. 9 vols. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1953-1955.
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Burlingame, Michael. Abraham Lincoln: A Life. Two Volumes. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
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Coleman, Charles H. "Was Lincoln Eligible For Election to the United States Senate in 1855?" Lincoln Herald 60 (1958): 91-93.
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Current, Richard Nelsom. The Lincoln Nobody Knows: A Portrait in Contrast of the Greatest American. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958.
Davis, Cullom, Charles R. Strozier, Rebecca Monroe Veach and Geoffrey C. Ward. The Public and the Private Lincoln: Contemporary Perspectives. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979.
DeRose, Chris. Congressman Lincoln: The Making of America's Greatest President. New York: Threshold Editions, 2013.
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___. Lincoln's Herndon. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1948.
___. Lincoln Reconsidered: Essays on the Civil War Era. New York: Knopf, 1956. Reprint, New York: Vintage Books, 2001.
___. "We are Lincoln Men": Abraham Lincoln and His Friends. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Epstein, Daniel Mark. Lincoln and Whitman: Parallel Lives in Civil War Washington. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
Fenster, Julie M. The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.
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Gienapp, William E., ed. This Fiery Trial: The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Groth, Alexander J. Lincoln: Authoritarian Savior. Davis, Calif.: Groth Associates, 1995. Reprint, Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1996.
Guelzo, Allen C. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.
Hamilton, Charles, and Lloyd Ostendorf. Lincoln in Photographs: An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963.
Hamilton, J.G. de Roulhac. Abraham Lincoln: Selections from His Speeches and Writings. Birmingham, Ala.: Palladium Press, [2003].
Hanchett, William. Out of the Wilderness: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994.
Hanna, William F. "This Side of the Mountains: Abraham Lincoln's 1848 Visit to Massachusetts." Lincoln Herald 80 (Summer 1978): 56-65.
Harper, Robert S. Lincoln and the Press. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951.
Harris, William C. (William Charles). Lincoln's Last Months. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
___. With Charity for All: Lincoln and the Restoration of the Union. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1997.
Harrison, Maureen and Steve Gilbert. Abraham Lincoln, Word for Word. San Diego, Calif.: Excellent Books, 1994.
Hay, John. Lincoln and the Civil War in the Diaries and Letters of John Hay. Selected and with an Introduction by Tyler Dennett. Westport: Negro Universities Press, 1939. Reprint, 1972.
___. Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay. Edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1997.
Heckman, Richard A. "Out-of-State Influences and the Lincoln-Douglas Campaign of 1858." Journal of Illinois State Historical Society 59 (Spring 1966): 30-47.
___. "Political Fortunes of Lincoln and Douglas in 1858-1859." Lincoln Herald 67 (1965): 161-70.
___. "Some Impressions of Lincoln and Douglas During the Campaign of 1858." Lincoln Herald 66 (1964): 135-39.
Herndon, William Henry, and Jesse W. Weik. Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. 3 vols. Springfield, Ill.: The Herndon's Lincoln Pub. Co., 1888.
Hesseltine, William Best. Lincoln and the War Governors. New York: Knopf, 1948.
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___. Holland's Life of Abraham Lincoln. Introduction by Allen C. Guelzo. Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
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Luthin, Reinhard Henry. The First Lincoln Campaign. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944.
___. The Real Abraham Lincoln. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1960.
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McPherson, James M. Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
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___., ed. Lincoln as They Saw Him. His Life and Times from the Original Newspaper documents of the Union, the Confederacy, and Europe. New York: Rinehart, 1956. Reprint, New York: Octagon Books, 1980.
___., comp. Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln. With an introduction by Herbert Mitgang. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
Monaghan, Jay [James]. Diplomat in Carpet Slippers: Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1945.
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___. Lincoln and the South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1946.
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Rawley, James A. Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting For. Wheeling, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, 1996. Reprint, with a new introduction by the author. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
___. "The Nationalism of Abraham Lincoln." Civil War History 9 (1963): 283-98.
___. The President Shall Have Power: Lincoln, His Cabinet, Congress, and the Supreme Court. Beaver Dam, Wis.: Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, 2002.
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Riches, William T. M. "The Commoners: Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln to 1861." Ph.D. diss., University of Tennessee, 1976.
Riddle, Donald W. Congressman Abraham Lincoln. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1957.
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Roop, Peter, and Connie Roop. Let's Split Logs, Abe Lincoln! New York: Scholastic, 2002.
Roscoe, Theodore. The Web of Conspiracy. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959.
Rothschild, Alonzo. Lincoln, Master of Men: A Study in Character. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906.
Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years and the War Years. New York: Harcourt Brace and World, 1966.
___. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years. 4 vols. New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1939.
Schwartz, Barry. Abraham Lincoln and the Forge of National Memory. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000.
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___. Lincoln: Living Legend. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940.
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___. "Lincoln's humor" and Other Essays. Edited by Michael Burlingame. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2002.
___. Portrait for Posterity: Lincoln and His Biographers. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1947.
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