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Carl F. Wierum, Hamburg, Germany, "Lincoln" poem translation
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Carl F. Wierum, Hamburg, Germany, "Lincoln" poem translation
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript. German translation of William Marsh's poem "Lincoln." Includes printed copy of Marsh's poem in English, and a note addressed to "my dear daughter" in English. (3 pages)
HM 15864
Francis Bicknell Carpenter poem, "A Poem Recited by Mr. Lincoln"
Manuscripts
Manuscript signed. Reminiscences to the editors of the New York Evening Post; includes a transcript of William Knox's poem "Oh! Why Should the Spirit of mortal be Proud." Followed by a note addressed to the editors of the St. Louis Republican, 1865 April 21. Includes three ribbons.
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Johann Friedrich Blumenbach: handwriting specimen, letter and transcript
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Handwriting specimen of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, plus accompanying letter and transcript prepared by Blumenbach's son. The five-line handwriting specimen is dated 1834, December 28, and is found on a folded sheet with two pages of writing; two lines of this text are in French and three lines, including Blumenbach's signature, are in German. The specimen is annotated and translated into English by Blumenbach's son and by an unidentified person. The second page of the sheet contains a letter from Blumenbach's son to an unidentified recipient addressed as My dear Sir and dated 1836, April 27, describing the handwriting specimen; this letter is in English. Also contains a one-page undated typed transcription and partial translation of Blumenbach's lines and of the start of the son's letter, as well as biographical information about Blumenbach, prepared by an unidentified person; this page contains annotations in pencil relating to the material's archival location.
mssHM 83022-83023
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Lincoln, the Man of the People: poem
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Signed variant, early version of the poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" in the hand of Edwin Markham.
mssHM 82034
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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Richard F. O'Beirne
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Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
mssLincoln
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy
Manuscripts
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Includes addressed envelope labeled Department of State Official Business.
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