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Newspaper and periodical clippings, most unidentified, dating from ca. 1900 to 1938, assembled by an unknown compiler.

Miscellaneous clippings on various Lincoln-related topics, many obviously from the same series of articles almost certainly from the Chicago daily news, but including clippings from other sources as well. Includes a reprint of Edwin Markham's "Lincoln--the man of the people", probably as printed on 12 February 1909, and a tightly clipped copy of "Address of Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery" as calligraphed by Edward B. Edwards and printed in color in the magazine of the Sunday record-herald (Chicago), 29 May 1910.

Excerpt from Reminiscences About Abraham Lincoln: Newspaper Clippings, Accounts, and Memories of Those Whose Lives Included an Encounter With the 16th President of the United States; Surnames Beginning With A Adams's rather, Aaron Hous'er, was associated with Lincoln. Ln those, primitive business enterprises. They used to make trips together on rafts down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers to New: Orleans. Where, they would sell out their rafts. Hoop poles, sassafras; hides, cured meats and whatever they had to sell, and then they walked back up. Toll-111 nois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Reminiscences About Abraham Lincoln: Newspaper Clippings, Accounts, and Memories of Those Whose Lives Included an Encounter With the 16th President of the United States; Surnames Beginning With Co-Con Richard H. Coe, retired business man and farmer, who in his boy hood knew Abraham Lincoln, died at 4 p. M. Yesterday at his home in Rochester. He was 85 years old. Mr. Coe was the son of John C. Coe, a forty-niner who crossed the plains with an ox team in the first years of the famous California gold rush. The father was a personal friend and legal client of Lincoln, and Richard H. Coe recalled vividly even in late years of his life, of sitting on the emancipator's knee during a conference between the two men before Lincoln left for Washington Mr. Coe's father also claimed among his friends Col. William F; Cody, who became famous as-th'e Buffalo Bill of western plains. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Bound scrapbook consisting primarily of newspaper clippings regarding of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, as well as his funeral, the search for and apprehension of the conspiritors, and the subsequent trial, along with accounts of the conclusion of the U.S. Civil War. The final third of the scrapbook, while still containing some Lincoln material, consists of a more general array of newspaper clippings, including President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial, as well as numerous humor pieces. The scrapbook was bound by J.B. Sandlin of Valparaiso, Indiana, but no provenance information is available.