Additional Abraham Lincoln Resources

Some of the resources we located simply don't fit into the timeline. These resources often address a larger concept or idea. Please feel free to let us know about additional resources to include!

Abraham Lincoln Primary Source Set - from the Library of Congress Learning Page
Abraham Lincoln Web Guide

Lincoln and the Arts

• Lincoln as Poet - A Web Guide focused on poetry written by Lincoln.

Interesting Correspondence

• Abraham Lincoln to Elias H. Merryman, [September 19, 1842] (Dueling instructions) American Memory
• Frederick Douglass to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, August 29, 1864 (Plan for helping slaves escape from rebel states) American Memory
• Abraham Lincoln to Lydia Bixby, Monday, November 21, 1864 (Printed copy) American Memory. Mrs. Lydia Bixby was reported to be the mother of five sons killed fighting for the Union. There is no known hand written copy of this letter. There are questions about it authenticity claiming that John Hays, Lincoln's secretary wrote the letter not President Lincoln.

Thanksgiving

• Sarah J. Hale to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 28, 1863 (Thanksgiving) American Memory
• Proclamation of Thanksgiving: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
• When is Thanksgiving Again? Wise Guide November 2002
• L.L. Doty to Sarah J. Hale, Wednesday, October 3, 1860 (Thanksgiving) American Memory
• Sarah J. Hale to William H. Seward, Sunday, October 9, 1864 (Thanksgiving) American Memory

• Reconstructing Lincoln's Law Practice: National Endowment for the Humanities. This article written by Paulette W. Campbell for Humanities Magazine provides background on some of the legal cases Lincoln represented.
• Matson Slave Case: The Law Practice of Abraham Lincoln, a publication of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln. In the Matson slave case Abraham Lincoln represented a slave owner who brought his slaves from Kentucky to work on his property in Coles County, Illinois. This website is a database of Lincoln's law cases. In the main subject index the Matson Slave Case then hit search to find out more about this case.