Historical Documents

Democratic National Convention 1860
Democratic Party Platform, June 18, 1860.
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Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
Jewish Pioneers- Article
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Steven Spielburg
Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg
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Rail Splitter
“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861
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Treaty with the Apache 1852
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Susan B. Anthony Conviction Notice
Susan B. Anthony Trial Statement (1873)
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Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
John Brown's Entrance Into Hell.
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Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
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Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation: Argentina and the U.S.
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Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
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American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
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Newspaper Image
Abraham Lincoln on he day of his speech at the Cooper Union The New York Daily Tribune, Tuesday, February 28, 1860
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Articles

The Monitor Makes Port (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
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“As Bad As She Could Be” (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
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Saving the IMAX of its Day (August/September 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 4)
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The Ten Best Civil War Films (August/September 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 4)
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The Haunted Major (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
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All for the Union (May/June 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 3)
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Grant At Shiloh (February 1960 | Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
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The Emancipation Question (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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Stonewall Jackson’s Arm (April/May 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 2)
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Lincoln As Commander in Chief (Winter 2009, Summer 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 3)
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Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
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The Stolen Election (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
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USS Boondoggle (February/March 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 1)
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Reforming the Law (September 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 5)
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Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War (Spring 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 3)
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The First News Blackout (June/July 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 4)
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Abraham Lincoln Invents Presidents Day (Winter 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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The Madness of Mary Lincoln (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
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The Treasure From The Carpentry Shop (December 1979 | Volume: 31, Issue: 1)
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The Abolitionist John Doy (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1)
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Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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How to Become President (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
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The Importance of Mill Springs (Winter 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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God’s Chosen Instrument (July/August 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 5)
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Harriett Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Winter 2020 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
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Are Our Liberties in Peril? (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
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Dear Mr. Lincoln … (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
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The O'Learys and the Great Chicago Fire (November 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 7)
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Looking Back Without Anger (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment as Prelude (February/March 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 1)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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Historical Images

Lincoln Photo
Abraham Lincoln on the day of his speech at the Cooper Union
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Coroner Page
Cochise County Case No. 48. Coroner’s Transmittal Page to the Clerk of the District Court Cochise County
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Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment in camp. [Probably 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Camp Northumberland near Washington, DC, ca. 1861] Mathew Brady Collection. (Army) ca. 1861
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Cartoon
An Heir to the Throne, Or the Next Republican Candidate
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Lincoln print
The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
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