Abraham Lincoln Research Site

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Left: Hand Colored Alexander Gardner Photograph ©2006 by artist James Nance.

ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS A One Page Summary of Abraham Lincoln's Life	TRAGEDY AT FORD’S THEATRE Abraham Lincoln's Assassination
LINCOLN'S WORDS A Collection of Authentic Abraham Lincoln Quotes	LINCOLN THE LAWYER A Brief Summary of Abraham Lincoln's Legal Career
ANN RUTLEDGE Abraham Lincoln's First Romance?	THE LINCOLN SPECIAL The Route of Abraham Lincoln's Funeral Train (including a map)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PLACE IN HISTORY The Accomplishments of President Abraham Lincoln

"If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes - no other marks or brands recollected."

SOURCE: Abraham Lincoln, in a brief biographical sketch, December 20, 1859.

THE PERSON Abraham Lincoln's Failures and a Striking Example of his Humanness (the Bixby Letter)	THE LINCOLN TOMB Abraham Lincoln's Coffin Exhumed and Opened in 1901
GRAVE THIEVES The 1876 Attempt to Steal Mr. Lincoln's Body	LINCOLN'S LOST SPEECH His Best of All?
LINCOLN’S OPINIONS ON STATUTES AND ATTORNEYS Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Laws and Lawyers	CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS Sketches of President Abraham Lincoln
"HIS HONOR" Judge Abraham Lincoln	CHRONOLOGY A Year-by-Year Outline of the 16th President’s Life
"MORTALITY" Abraham Lincoln's Favorite Poem

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

SOURCE: Lincoln Observed: The Civil War Dispatches of Noah Brooks edited by Michael Burlingame (Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998).

THE LINCOLNS' FIRST SON Robert Lincoln	THE LINCOLNS' SECOND SON Eddie Lincoln
THE LINCOLNS' THIRD SON Willie Lincoln	THE LINCOLNS' FOURTH SON Tad Lincoln
FINAL IMAGE IN LIFE The Last Photograph of Abraham Lincoln in Life	LINCOLN AT GETTYSBURG The Only Photograph of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg
A GHOST IN THE WHITE HOUSE? The Lincoln Bedroom	THE LINCOLNS' WEDDING The Day Miss Todd Became Mrs. Lincoln
LINCOLN INFORMATION Abraham Lincoln Personal Data and Trivia

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other."

SOURCE: Lincoln's 'House-Divided' Speech in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858.

MARY TODD LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln's Wife	1909 PENNY The Controversy Over the Lincoln Penny
INCIDENT AT GORDON'S GRISTMILL Young Abraham Almost Died When He Was Kicked by a Horse	INCIDENT AT KNOB CREEK Young Abraham Almost Drowned
APRIL 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln's Last Day	ABE LINCOLN VS. JACK ARMSTRONG Abraham Lincoln Fought the Town Bully
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BEARD The Idea of an 11-Year-Old Girl!	THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS The Meaning of Lincoln's Words at Gettysburg
THE LINCOLNS IN GRANITE The First Statue of Abraham Lincoln and his Wife, Mary	MORE INFORMATION Links to Lincoln's Homes, Speeches, Genealogy, etc.
LINCOLN'S FEELINGS REGARDING SLAVERY Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Slavery

DEPRESSED? Read Abraham Lincoln's Words	ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BROTHER Tommy Lincoln
THE SHOT THROUGH LINCOLN'S HAT Lincoln Escapes Death in 1864	SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1809 The Birth of Abraham Lincoln
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PARENTS Thomas Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln	ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SISTER Sarah Lincoln Grigsby

THE EARLIEST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN A Daguerreotype of a Beardless Lincoln in His Late 30’s
WHAT LINCOLN DIDN'T SAY Unproven Quotations Attributed to Abraham Lincoln
LINCOLN'S THOUGHTS ON THE RANK AND FILE Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Labor and Work
LINCOLN'S VIEWS ON FRIENDSHIPS Abraham Lincoln Quotes About Friends and Friendships
GIVING THANKS EACH NOVEMBER Abraham Lincoln and Thanksgiving
THE WHITE HOUSE STABLE FIRE OF 1864 Lincoln Futilely Fought the Flames

The Lincolns and Animals

Goats Kept Inside The White House by the Lincolns' Sons

FIDO - Abraham Lincoln's Dog

Young Tad Lincoln Saved the Life of Jack, The White House Turkey!

President Abraham Lincoln and the Three Kittens

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