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Nightcap, sewn by Mary Todd Lincoln

Portable desk, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Cream pitcher, belonging to the Lincoln Family

Letter, recovered from Lincoln Home

Hall chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Page 414 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper for Nov. 17, 1860

Seashell, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Dining chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Dinner Plate, from the Lincoln Home

Calling Card, left by Abraham Lincoln at the home of Obediah Lewis

Loveseat, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family

Marbles found on Lincoln Home site

Lincoln-Hamlin political banner

Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration

Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 1 (1844-1846)

Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 2 (1846-1854)

Watercolor print

Framed print of young mother

Framed print of George Washington

Engraving of the Lincoln family

Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, December 5, 1862

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 3

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 81

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 84

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 87

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 90

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 91

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 99

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 103

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 54

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 60

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 65

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 71

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 73

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 77

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 25

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 37

Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 43

Fragment of Envelope free-franked by Abraham Lincoln

Trim 2, from Lincoln's catafalque

Nightcap, sewn by Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ladies' nightcap. Plain white cotton, gathered in back. Ruffle framing cap. Two ties, under chin. Entire cap hand-sewn. L 15 " x W 10
Portable desk, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mahogany writing box with brass plate in center of hinged top. Back folds down into flat surface on bottom. Slanted on top for writing. Hinged compartments on both sides, covered with fabric. Several compartments in front, one long with lid, one each inkwell with bottle and one square with circular well and ringed brass circular lid. L 14" x W 8 1/4" x H 4 5/16" cm (closed)....
Cream pitcher, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ceramic cream pitcher. Cream color, octagonal base, rounded octagonal shape. H 2 1/4" x W 6" x D 2 1/4".
Letter, recovered from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Letter. "Wednesday Night./March 11, 1846./Friend Lincoln./Your epistle of 8... (letter of two paragraphs follows).../Yours Infinitely/ David ___ckin__on." On the address side of the folio, "A. Lincoln Esq/Springfield/Illinois." In the upper left corner is a round postmark "Lacon/Mar/18/ILL." There is no writing on the interior of the folio. H 9 1/2" x W 7 5/8".
Hall chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Spool-turned hall chair on castors. Chair arms, back, and seat upholstered. Back is straight with two beaded rods next to back. The rods are topped with spindles. Back of chair is topped with "s" turned wood ending approx. three inches down each side of chair back. Small oval between curves. H 42" x W 17" x D 17".
Page 414 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper for Nov. 17, 1860
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)ads appear on the rest of the page. L 15 7/8" x W 10 7/8".
Seashell, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Abalone seashell. One half of seashell, outside has encrustations, five holes, mother-of-pearl lining inside. L 7 1/2" W 5 3/4".
Dining chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hitchcock-style chair with rush seat. Black-painted with gilded lines and stencils, top rail has a stenciled tulip, middle rail stencil has grapes. Knees have leaves, turned bulbous stretcher in front, two stretchers on sides, one in back. W 18" x D 14" x H 34".
Dinner Plate, from the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Deep-bowled, light blue transferware plate. 14-sided edge. Narrow band of leaves on rim, wide band of small parallel lines in ripple/wave effect. Central scene: tower surrounded by columned building, on lake with two sailboats & one rowboat. Back has English registry mark (diamond) & trademark eagle & shield. Some discoloration. Diam 10 7/16" x D 1 3/8".
Calling Card, left by Abraham Lincoln at the home of Obediah Lewis
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)back has glue spots in corners. In script: "A. Lincoln". Discoloration from glue, upper left corner torn off, upper right corner creased/torn.
Loveseat, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Victorian Rococco style loveseat with exposed walnut trim. Horizontal oval medallion back, flared wing sides, padded arm rests. Carved crest has two upside-down rose buds flanked by open roses, leaves, and scrolls. Upholstery of rose silk brocade with raised floral pattern in same color. Backs of medallion and wings depp-button tufted with double rows of button half-way up. ...
Marbles found on Lincoln Home site
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Various glass and clay marbles, found during archaeological surveys of the Lincoln Home site. The marbles vary in age and appearance. Diam. 0.8-2.5 cm.
Lincoln-Hamlin political banner
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Handsewn Lincoln-Hamlin banner, resembling a reversed U.S. flag. 13 red & white stripes alternate, beginning and ending with white. Dark blue field in upper right corner. Printed on middle white stripes: "Lincoln/And/Hamlin". L 77 1/2" x W 43".
Mouse Nest, recovered from Lincoln Home restoration
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)milled lumber chunks.
Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 1 (1844-1846)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Episcopal clergyman Charles Dresser married Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd on the evening of November 4, 1842. Eighteen months later on May 2, 1844, Dresser sold his house at Eighth and Jackson Streets to the Lincolns. The Lincolns then moved into the only home they would ever own. The purchase price was $1,500, consisting of $1,200 in cash plus a downtown lot and building wo...
Model of the Lincoln Home, Stage 2 (1846-1854)
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)On June 11, 1850, Lincoln wrote to Nathaniel Hay, a Springfield contractor, describing a brick retaining wall he wanted built: "I wish to build a front fence, on a brick foundation, at my house. I therefore shall be obliged, if you will, as soon as possible, deliver me brick of suitable quality, and sufficient number to build such a foundation, fifty feet long
Watercolor print
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Watercolor print of a single red rose, with two small birds and green foliage. In plain oval frame. H 10" x W 8".
Framed print of young mother
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The First Care/The Young Mother, lithograph showing young mother in red dress sitting on bed with young child who is sleeping. A dog with brown blotches, possibly a setter, lies at mother's feet. L 14" x W 10".
Framed print of George Washington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Print of George Washington mounted on a white horse. Washington is lifting a cap over his head. Horse and background are white, ground below is green. In background is Washington's army. Washington is dressed in a blue uniform with gold epaulets. Saddle is leather color with yellow fringe. Below print is written "Gen. George Washington, Father of His Country." L 13 1/2" x W ...
Engraving of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Engraved print "Lincoln and His Family." Shows Tad, Mr. Lincoln, Robert & Mrs. Lincoln gathered around a table at the White House. In the background is an ornately framed portrait of Willie, marble bust of Washington, an oval firescreen and ornate fireplace. L 28" x W 22".
Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, December 5, 1862
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1862 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Patrick Moynihan, a private in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Moynihan wrote about life in camp at Corinth, some of his thoughts on local, national, and military politics, and the deaths of some friends in the Battle of Corinth.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 3
Image | 1858 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph of the daguerreotype made by P. Von Schneider in Chicago in July, 1858. Mr. Lincoln spoke in Chicago on July 10, 1858, to answer Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken there the day before.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 81
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is one of the celebrated portraits known as the Brady profiles. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 84
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. This is one of the celebrated portraits known as the Brady profiles. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 87
Image | 1864 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Mathew B. Brady on February 9, 1864. The original glass negative is in the Meserve Collection.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 90
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)Detail of an 8" x 10" photograph made by Alexander Gardner of the second inauguration of President Lincoln on March 4, 1865. The President is reading from his manuscript. Mr. Nicolay, one of his secretaries, is standing behind the empty chair. Vice President Johnson's face is hidden by the hat held in his left hand.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 91
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph believed to have been made by Mathew B. Brady early in 1865.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 99
Image | 1865 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on April 10, 1865.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 103
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A detail from a large photograph made by F. D. Richards in Philadelphia on February 22, 1861, at a flagraising at Independence Hall at sunrise at which the President-elect spoke briefly, leaving before the exercises were over. Mr. Lincoln may be seen directly above the single star to the left in the flag draped over the railing of the platform. Another photograph was made of...
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 54
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on August 9, 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 60
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph made by Alexander Gardner on November 15, 1863. This portrait, differing slightly from Number 59, is little known.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 65
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1862.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 71
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady made in Washington February 23, 1861.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 73
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady, believed to have been made in 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 77
Image | 1863 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A photograph by Mathew B. Brady believed to have been made in 1863.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 25
Image | 1860 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)they are now in the Smithsonian Institution.
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 37
Image | 1861 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)A detail from a large photograph made by F. D. Richards in Philadelphia on February 22, 1861, at a flag-raising at Independence Hall at sunrise. In this picture Mr. Lincoln is standing directly over the third star from the left in the flag draped over the railing of the platform. This and Number 103 are believed to be the first photographs of a President-elect or a President...
Meserve Lincoln Photograph No. 43
Image | 1862 | Frederick Hill Meserve Selected Photographs (Digitized Content)Detail 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.
Fragment of Envelope free-franked by Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Fragment of white envelope, free-franked by Abraham Lincoln. Sent to Mrs. Sprigg, Lincoln's Washington DC landlady for the room he rented while serving as a U.S. Representative from 1847-1849. Also legible is the word "Resent". Dimensions are 3 3/16" long, and 5 1/2" wide.
Trim 2, from Lincoln's catafalque
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Silver thread and wire fringe segment. 3/8" wide tape of silver thread, very thin wire thread tassels are attached close together. Silver tassels, twisted into spiral pattern, all same length. L 22 7/16" x W 4".