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    Petersen House, where Lincoln died. Memorials in Springfield, Illinois, include the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln's home, and his tomb...
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    presidential libraries. Its library, in addition to housing an extensive collection on Lincoln, also houses the collection of the Illinois State Historical...
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    of Illinois. She lived there with her married sister Elizabeth Todd Edwards, the wife of an Illinois congressman. Before she married Abraham Lincoln, Mary...
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    and the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain (1889–1893). Lincoln was born in Springfield, Illinois, and graduated from Harvard College. He then served on...
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    The Lincoln Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 725 Pekin St. in Lincoln, Illinois. Built in 1902, the library was funded by a $25,000 grant...
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  • County, California Lincoln Public Library (Lincoln, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Logan County, Illinois Lincoln Carnegie Library, Lincoln, Kansas, listed...
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    state legislatures, so Lincoln and Douglas were trying to win the votes of the state legislature of the two chambers of the Illinois General Assembly meeting...
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    Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, California, Missouri, and New York observe the holiday. In many other states, Lincoln's birthday is not...
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    his own family, before making his final home in Illinois. Lincoln was descended from Samuel Lincoln, a respected Puritan weaver, businessman and trader...
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  • descendant of Lincoln when his sister, Mary Lincoln Beckwith, died without children. Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was born in Riverside, Illinois, to Jessie...
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    Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489-hectare) park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it...
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    There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's features were the despair of every artist who undertook his portrait. The writer saw nearly...
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    Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) is a public four-year high school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United...
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    to Aurora, Illinois. (Note: There have been many new 4-lane bypasses constructed on U.S. Route 30, so to follow the 1928 route of the Lincoln Highway, at...
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    ISBN 0-87195-063-4 – via University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University Library. White, Jr., Ronald C. (2009). A. Lincoln: A Biography. Random House, Inc...
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  • Circuit in Illinois where Lincoln would travel regularly shared beds. (58) Critics of the hypothesis that Lincoln was homosexual emphasize that Lincoln married...
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    funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 km) through seven states for burial in Springfield, Illinois. Never exceeding 20 mph, the...
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    Lincoln Square on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's 77 community areas. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood...
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    Lincoln Park is a designated community area on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is located west of Lincoln Park. In 1824, the United States Army...
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    officially released at a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, on February 11, 2010. In early January 2017, cents...
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    Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868...
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    Abraham Lincoln, v. 2' | Northern Illinois University Digital Library". digital.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-22. In Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, the...
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    The Lincoln Branch Peoria Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 1312 West Lincoln Avenue in Peoria, Illinois. Built in 1910, the building served...
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  • the State of Illinois pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair, the show opened at Disneyland Park in 1965. Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln has undergone...
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    The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Chartered in...
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    "Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln". Chronicling Illinois. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Archived from the original on November 6...
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    and North Avenue. Replicas of the statue stand at Lincoln Tomb in Springfield, Illinois, Parque Lincoln in Mexico City, Parliament Square in London, and...
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    draft Lincoln sent became the third autograph copy, and is now in the possession of the Illinois State Historical Library in Springfield, Illinois, where...
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    More documents from the Library of Congress Text of Lincoln's First Inaugural Address Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address public domain audiobook at LibriVox...
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  • Museum Library and read a number of Lincoln books; the more he read, the more fascinated he became. Finally he determined to write a book on Lincoln, himself...
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