Farmer's Loan & Trust Co. vs. Great Western Railroad Company, [Law Papers].

In 1853, the Great Western Railroad Company borrowed $1,000,000 and issued bonds in various denominations to pay back the loan. To secure these bonds, the Great Western Railroad issued a deed trust ...

Herndon-Weik collection of Lincolniana, circa 1824-1933

Collection composed of the papers of Abraham Lincoln, United States president, United States representative from Illinois, and lawyer; William Henry Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, collector, and biographer from Springfield, Illinois; and Jesse ...

Lincoln autograph letter.

In Lincoln's hand.

Letter to Henry Clay Whitney, Esq. from Abraham Lincoln, November 30, 1858.

Requests copies of the Lincoln-Douglas debates as they were reported in the Tribune.

Letter to Henry Clay Whitney, Esq. from Abraham Lincoln, December 25, 1858.

Letter to C. H. Ray from Abraham Lincoln, November 20, 1858.

Requests newspaper reports of the debates with Douglas.

[Facsimile of] letter to Messrs. O. P. Hall et al from Lincoln.

Letter to T. J. Turner from Abraham Lincoln, December 21, 1853.

Illinois political campaign of 1858.

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings assembled and mounted by Mr. Lincoln as a manuscript for publication. Contains the texts of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, speeches, and correspondence of Lincoln and Douglas published in newspaper ...

[Fundraising letter from the Office of the Lincoln National Monument Association].

Surrounded by a black mourning border.

William H. Conkling papers, 1864-1976

Municipal government official, civic leader, and postmaster from Springfield, Illinois. Correspondence with Charles A. Lindbergh, speeches and writings, publications, photographs, and memorabilia relating to Lindbergh's cross-country airmail route which included service to ...

Select Robert Irwin on my part to value the property levied on under the annexed Execution, [Law papers].