Abraham Lincoln

By: Julie McBrideETE 100 Section 02

November 16th, 2009

Library of Congress

There are over 20,000 documents on him.

Drafts of the emancipation proclamation stored here.

These papers also include information from when he worked in Springfield.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

Lincoln and the Law

There are 3 different periods of law Lincoln is remembered for: Lincoln the lawyer, Habeas Corpus and the War Powers of the President.

Law was his secondary avocation. Lincoln was a prominent Illinois lawyer.  He suspended the writ of habeas corpus a

few times. Mr. Herndon Was Lincolns law partner

Collection of Lincolniana

Lincolniana involves documents of his life.

Presented to Library of Congress in 1953

Begun by Mr. Stern in the 1920’s

There are things he wrote as well as things written about him.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/stern-lincoln/

Collection of Lincolniana Continued There are

publications that were written about the problems that were happening at that time such as, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and other related topics.

The collection includes more than 11,100 items.

http://www.law.upenn.edu/blogs/library/lincolniana.jpg

Collection of Lincolniana Continued 2 The online release

presents more than 1,300 items that include more than 4,000 images.

The date ranges of 1824-1931 on these documents.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/scsmbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(scsm001102))

Collection of Lincolniana Continued 3

It also includes the complete collection of Stern’s contemporary newspapers, Lincoln’s law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets, and other ephemeral items.

The books and pamphlets in this collection have not been released yet, but are scheduled to be released at a further date.

The Gettysburg Address

The battle happened July 1-3, 1863

On November 2, 1863, which was after the battle of Gettysburg, David Wills asked Lincoln to make a few comments at the consecration of a cemetery for the Union war dead.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gadrft.html

The Gettysburg Address continued

Two of the copies of the Gettysburg address are in the library of congress, one was given to John Nicolay, and the other one was given to John Hay, they were his two private secretaries.

Nicolay Is the copy that is on display and also considered the first draft.

Many people think that Nicolay’s copy is the "reading" copy.http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/gatr1.html

Bicentennial Exhibition

Commemorates the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the USA’s 16th president.

The exhibition concentrates on Lincoln the man. This is talking about his thoughts, words, and actions, which was deeply affected by personal experiences and pivotal historic events.

Basic information

Law and politics were the dominant part of Abraham Lincoln’s public life.

He loved politics. If he had never become president most

people would only remember, if they remembered him as a good trial lawyer for the state of Illinois.

Being president brought him little reward considering he could not get out of the war with out country.

Lincolns Death

He died on good Friday, April 14th, 1865.

His death affected both the USA and overseas.

Great Britain mourned as if he was their leader.

France paid tribute in verse and song.

Before Abraham Lincoln died while he was watching a play at the Ford theater. John Wilkes Booth is considered the person who assassinated Lincoln. Assassination is when a public figure is the one being target to kill. He officially died on April 14th, 1865. This death affected both the USA and overseas.

Speakers notes

Resources A Collaborative Project. (2002, March 1). Retrieved

November 16,2009, website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

Lincoln and the Law. (2009, July 29). Retrieved November 16, 2009, website: http://www.loc.gov/law/help/rare-books/lincoln.php

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition. (2009,May 10). Retrieved November 16, 2009 website: http://myloc.gov/exhibitions/lincoln/Pages/default.aspx

The Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana. Retrieved November 16, 2009, website: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/stern-lincoln/

The Gettysburg address. (2005, July 6). Retrieved November 16, 2009, website: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd/