How Abraham Lincoln’s log-splitting led him to the Presidency
Abraham Lincoln was elected President largely because he was a rail-splitter.
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How an 11 year old girl convinced Abe Lincoln to grow his beard
Abraham Lincoln was clean shaven his entire life until he received a letter from 11 year old…
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Abraham Lincoln’s travels through Massachusetts, map from 1848
Historic map showing Abraham Lincoln’s route through Massachusetts in 1848
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Walt Whitman’s first hand account of Abraham Lincoln’s assasination
Many people know that some of Walt Whitman’s most popular works, “O Captain, My...
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The earliest picture of Abraham Lincoln
This daguerreotype is the earliest-known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken…
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Abraham Lincoln, “The Power of the People”
Notes from Abraham Lincoln’s speeches in Kansas and Ohio, September 16-17, 1859. We must, by...
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