Quiz of the Week
Test your knowledge about:
Abraham Lincoln and Indiana
Daily Story
[The Detroit Free Press, 9 January 1898, interviews 88-year-old Richard W. Thompson who recalls AL’s opinion of one claim:] I will say of your case that it suggests to me a story I once heard about Sam Brown, lawyer, in Illinois. This…
Abraham Lincoln in Depth
Abraham Lincoln’s Moods
“Lincoln was a curious – mysterious – quite an incomprehensible man,” wrote William H. Herndon shortly before he died... Read more View more articles
Cartoon Corner
President Lincoln enjoyed humor. Many Americans enjoyed making fun of the President. Some of the most recognizable cartoons were published in Harper’s Weekly, a New York City periodical ... Read more
Abraham Lincolns Contemporaries: Edwin Stanton
War Department official Aide Charles Dana wrote that Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton was impulsive, warm-blooded, very quick in execution…
View the feature in its entirety at: Abraham Lincoln’s Classroom
The Chicago Ministers
There is not one of you who would not see the country ruined, if you could turn out Seward.
View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Freedom
llinois Patronage
Patronage caused some of the biggest problems in Mr. Lincoln’s relationships with his Illinois friends.
View the feature in its entirety at: Mr. Lincoln and Friends: Lawyers
   |
Lincoln "by littles"by Lewis E. Lehrman
Excerpts from
Lincoln "by littles": "The self-tutored lawyer from Illinois could not understand those 'don't care' politicians, such as Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who pretended indifference to involuntary servitude." |
Lincoln & Churchill
They were different men with different backgrounds and very different leadership styles. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill lived through...
Please visit our Lehrman Institute Sites
