tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2023-11-07T17:17:27Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2039052018-07-11T14:01:51Z2022-08-05T18:33:15ZNational Lincoln Monument certificateA certificate issued to Josephine Carson for her contribution of fifty cents "to the erection of a Monument in memory of Abraham Lincoln, our martyred President." This copy was signed by J.H. Beveridge.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/1939232018-03-05T16:56:16Z2023-01-19T20:50:59ZAgTimeImage view: General view.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2219582018-10-15T22:34:02Z2022-07-27T03:08:07ZLetter from A. W. Davis to Sophronia McNitt, April 21, 1865A letter to Sophronia McNitt from A. W. Davis, a Union soldier. Davis shared recollections of home in East Fork Township, Illinois, and reflected on the end of the war and the death of President Lincoln.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9261092022-12-01T17:36:14Z2023-11-07T17:17:32ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 101A photograph made by Alexander Hesler in Chicago, February, 1857. This and Number 6 were evidently made at the same time. The history of the negative is not known. There is a legend that Lincoln deliberately mussed up his hair before these portraits were made.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9261152022-12-01T17:36:17Z2023-11-07T17:17:33ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 107A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady in 1863, different from Number 75. An enlarged copy by Gurney & Son of New York was widely circulated.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260402022-12-01T17:35:34Z2023-11-07T17:17:25ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 32A photograph believed to have been made by William Seavy of Canton, Illinois, in Springfield in the summer of 1860, at the same time as Number 112.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260412022-12-01T17:35:34Z2023-11-07T17:17:25ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 33A photograph made by Samuel G. Alschuler in Springfield in November, in 1860. This is believed to be the first photograph showing the beard, which is seen in all later photographs.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260472022-12-01T17:35:38Z2023-11-07T17:17:25ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 39A photograph of the President and Thomas (Tad) made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864, as Mr. Lincoln looked at an album of photographs in Brady's studio. It was used by Mr. Francis B. Carpenter in the painting of the Lincoln family. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260482022-12-01T17:35:38Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 40A photograph by Mathew B. Brady similar to Number 39 that has been touched up and had a background added.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260512022-12-01T17:35:40Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 43Detail from an 8" x 10" photograph made by Mathew B. Brady about October 2, 1862, as the President sat in General George B. McClellan's tent at Antietam, Maryland, after the battle.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260622022-12-01T17:35:47Z2023-11-07T17:17:27ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 54A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on August 9, 1863.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260662022-12-01T17:35:49Z2023-11-07T17:17:28ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 58A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863, four days before the speech at Gettysburg. Mr. Noah Brooks in Washington in Lincoln's Time stated that Senator Edward Everett's oration to be delivered at Gettysburg was in an envelope, which may be seen on the table.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260682022-12-01T17:35:50Z2023-11-07T17:17:28ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 60A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863. This portrait, differing slightly from Number 59, is little known.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260142022-12-01T17:35:18Z2023-11-07T17:17:21ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 6A photograph made by Alexander Hesler in Chicago, February, 1857. Known as the first Hesler photograph. It was used in the Lincoln-Douglas senatorial campaign. The negative is said to have been lost in the Chicago fire of 1871.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260192022-12-01T17:35:21Z2023-11-07T17:17:22ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 11A photograph of the ambrotype made by W. P. Pearson in Macomb, Illinois, August 28, 1858. Slightly different from Number 10. There is a similar photograph with the imprint of S. P. Tresize, a photographer of Springfield, but probably a copy of the ambrotype.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260222022-12-01T17:35:23Z2023-11-07T17:17:22ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 14A photograph of the ambrotype made by H. H. Cole, probably in 1859 in Peoria, Illinois. Major William H. Lambert of Philadelphia in 1902 bought the ambrotype from Mr. Guy W. Hubbard of Springfield, who stated that in 1862 it had been given to his father, Captain William A. Hubbard of the 17th Illinois Infantry, for an act of bravery.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260262022-12-01T17:35:25Z2023-11-07T17:17:23ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 18A photograph believed to have been made in New York on February 27, 1860, by Mathew B. Brady, photographer following the Union armies during the war years.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260302022-12-01T17:35:28Z2023-11-07T17:17:23ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 22A photograph of the ambrotype made by William Church in Springfield on May 20, 1860. This portrait, with Numbers 21 and 109, had no wide circulation, as they were made for Mr. J. Henry Brown of Philadelphia, who used them in painting a portrait of the nominee.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260352022-12-01T17:35:31Z2023-11-07T17:17:24ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 27A photograph by Alexander Hesler made in Springfield on June 3, 1860. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln gave to the compiler small copies of this portrait and Number 28 which had not been enlarged and touched up, as were Numbers 25 and 26 of this series. The negative was said to have been lost in the Chicago fire of 1871.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260722022-12-01T17:35:52Z2023-11-07T17:17:28ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 64A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1862.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260772022-12-01T17:35:55Z2023-11-07T17:17:29ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 69A photograph by Mathew B. Brady made in Washington on February 23, 1861.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260792022-12-01T17:35:56Z2023-11-07T17:17:29ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 71A photograph by Mathew B. Brady made in Washington February 23, 1861.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260932022-12-01T17:36:04Z2023-11-07T17:17:31ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 85A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln stated to the compiler that he considered this to be the best photograph of his father. It is the most widely known of all the portraits of Lincoln, as it appears on the five-dollar bill.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260942022-12-01T17:36:05Z2023-11-07T17:17:31ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 86A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260992022-12-01T17:36:08Z2023-11-07T17:17:31ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 91A photograph believed to have been made by Mathew B. Brady early in 1865.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/1368672017-03-10T16:17:15Z2024-02-12T20:06:13ZPresident Lincoln's Funeral MarchA music score entitled "President Lincoln's Funeral March" by E. Mack "respectfully dedicated to the people of the United States" and published by Lee & Walker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1865.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2044982018-07-11T14:03:48Z2022-08-05T18:31:17ZMemento Mori Abraham Lincoln posterA poster of Abraham Lincoln, "Memento Mori." This broadside features Lincoln's birth and assassination dates and the phrase "Just of his Word - Observant of his Right.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260092022-12-01T17:35:15Z2023-11-07T17:17:21ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 1The earliest known portrait of Abraham Lincoln. A photograph of the daguerreotype believed to have been made by N. H. Shepherd in Springfield, Illinois, in 1846. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln, who owned the original, stated to the author that he believed it was made in Washington about 1848, when his father was a Representative in Congress.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260122022-12-01T17:35:17Z2023-11-07T17:17:21ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 4A photograph of a ferrotype believed to have been made in 1860. Miss Ida M. Tarbell published this portrait in The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln in 1896, believing it was made about 1856. The photographer is not known.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260172022-12-01T17:35:20Z2023-11-07T17:17:22ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 9A photograph of the daguerreotype believed to have been made by C. S. German in Springfield in 1860. Major William, H. Lambert of Philadelphia, who owned the original, was unable to give the compiler its history, but he believed it was made in 1858.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260182022-12-01T17:35:21Z2023-11-07T17:17:22ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 10A photograph of the ambrotype made by W. P. Pearson in Macomb, Illinois, August 26, 1858, five days after the first debate with Senator Stephen A. Douglas at Ottawa, Illinois. The ambrotype was last owned in 1888 by Mr. Richard Watson Gilder, editor of the Century Magazine, when it was lost in the fire of the Century Building in New York.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260252022-12-01T17:35:25Z2023-11-07T17:17:23ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 17A photograph of the ambrotype believed to have been made by Preston Butler in Springfield in 1858. McClure's Magazine of March, 1896, stated it was copied from a carbon enlargement of the ambrotype of June, 1860, but the style of collar worn by Mr. Lincoln seems to place it in the earlier year.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260272022-12-01T17:35:26Z2023-11-07T17:17:23ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 19A photograph made in the New York studio of Mathew B. Brady on February 27, 1860. It is very slightly different from Number 20.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260322022-12-01T17:35:29Z2023-11-07T17:17:24ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 24Enlarged detail of a large photograph made by A. J. Whipple of Boston in Springfield at the same time as Number 23. Both of the younger sons are seen. The boy indistinctly seen on the sidewalk is Isaac R. Diller, a playmate of the Lincoln boys, who died in Springfield on September 28, 1943, in his eighty-ninth year.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260372022-12-01T17:35:32Z2023-11-07T17:17:24ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 29A photograph of the 4" x 5" ambrotype made by Preston Butler in Springfield on August 13, 1860, for Mr. J. Henry Brown, who used it to make a miniature on ivory which later was owned by Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260492022-12-01T17:35:39Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 41A photograph by Mathew B. Brady similar to Number 39, with Mrs. Lincoln mechanically added. Mr. Robert Todd Lincoln stated to the compiler that his father and mother were never photographed together.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260502022-12-01T17:35:39Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 42A photograph by Mathew B. Brady made in Washington before October 1, 1861. On that date the President gave it to Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, the mother of James Speed and Joshua F. Speed, all his early friends.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260542022-12-01T17:35:42Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 46Detail from an 8" x 10" photograph made by Mathew B. Brady about October 2, 1862, at Antietam, Maryland. Major General John A. McClernand and Major Allan Pinkerton are with the President.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260552022-12-01T17:35:42Z2023-11-07T17:17:26ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 47Detail from an 8"x 10" photograph made by Mathew B. Brady about October 2, 1862, when the President visited General George B. McClellan at his headquarters at Antietam, Maryland.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/9260592022-12-01T17:35:45Z2023-11-07T17:17:27ZMeserve Lincoln Photograph No. 51A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on August 9, 1863.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library