Lincoln
  • 1860 Election
  •   - Harpweek
      - "Uncle Sam" making new arrangements
      - The Political Eclipse of 1860
      - Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the Stump, at the ratification Meeting of Presidential Nominations. Springfield 1860.
      - Too many Cooks Spoil the broth
      - A Western Luminary: A Link on (A. Lincoln) the Lighthouse at Chicago
      - The rail candidate
      - An heir to the throne, or the next Republication candidate
      - When Washington was the Sole Standard
      - Wonderful Surgical Operation
      - A Cartoon that Foreshadowed Events
      - Columbia and Her Suitors
      - The National Game, Three Outs and One Run
      - "The impending crisis"-Or caught in the act
      - The great exhibition of 1860
      - "The irrepressible confict" Or the Republican barge in danger
      - The Republican Party going to the right House
      - The Split-Tail Democracy
      - The Last Rail Split by ‘Honest Old Abe’
      - Candidates and Platforms
      - A Political Race
      - Coming ‘Round
      - Dividing the National Map
      - Dogberry’s Last Charge
      - Letting the cat out of the bag!
      - Lincoln, Douglas and the Rail-Fence Handicap
      - Storming the Castle
      - The Great Exhibition of 1860
      - Political Quadrille Music by Dred Scott
      - Three to One You Don’t Get It, [Variation on the Popular Interpretation of the Meaning of the Pawnbroker’s Sons]
      - The Power of the Rail
      - Lincoln shows Douglas the Right Road to the White House
      - Honest Abe taking them on the half shell
      - Progressive democracy – prospect of a smash up
      - Shaky
      - Sich a gittin’ Upstairs (A Quarrel lin the Household)
      - The Political Gymnasium
      - Political Blondins Crossing Salt River
      - Coming Man’s Presidential Career
      - Et Tu Greeley
      - ‘Taking the stump’ or Stephen in search of his mother
      - A Phenomenon of Portraiture
      - Honest Old Abe and the Little Boy in Search of His Mother – A Sensation Story
      - Old Abe and His Electors
      - The Humors of the Presidential Canvass
      - The New President of the United States. From a Fugitive Sketch
      - The Perilous Voyage to the White House
      - The Presidential Pot-Pie
      - The Successful and Unsuccessful Candidates at Breakfast the Morning After
      - Castle Lincoln – No Surrender: Fort Davis – in Ruins
      - Great and astonishing trick of Old Abe, the Western juggler
      - Great Fight for the Championship
      - How Abe Lincoln Escaped the Fire-Eaters of the South and the Flames of Secession
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      - The Generous Rivals
      - Abraham, Wait on this Gentleman to the Door
      - Getting at the Root of It
      - Unheeded Advice
      - Oh! Willie, We Have Missed You!
      - Republican Campaign Conflict between Seward and Lincoln, James Watson Webb is Featured on the Bow
      - The Great Match at Baltimore
      - The Great Political Political Race
      - The Sowers
      - The Tallest Ruler on the Globe
      - Good Gracious, Abraham Lincoln
      - Great Swimming Match to Come Off on the Fourth of November
      - How Abe Lincoln Escaped the Fire-Eaters of the South and the Flames of Secession
      - Honest old Abe on the Stump
      - The Undecided Political Prize
      - Abe, The Giant Killer
      - Abe Lincoln’s Last Card; or, Rouge et Noir
      - Unheeded Advice
      - Abraham, Wait on this Gentleman to the Door
      - To the Victors Belong the Spoils – Bunker
      - Honest Old Abe and the Little Boy in Search of His Mother – A Sensation Story
      - Leading, Following, Rebelling
      - Extremes Meet
      - The Smothering of the Democratic Princes
  • President Lincoln
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  • Emancipation and Slavery
  • Black Soldiers
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    "Uncle Sam" making new arrangements

    Title: "Uncle Sam" making new arrangements

    Year: 1860

    Creator: Currier & Ives.

    Description: Probably issued late in the campaign, the print seems to express the growing confidence among Republicans in the election of their candidate Abraham Lincoln. It may also be that like "The National Game" (no. 1860-42) the print was published after the election. As in "Stephen Finding His Mother" (no. 1860-35), Uncle Sam (center) is here shown as an elderly man in knee-breeches. He stands before the White House, about to take down a notice that reads: "Wanted. An honest upright and capable man to take charge of this house for four years. Undoubted testimonials will be required. Apply to Uncle Sam on the Premises." At the same time he hands Abraham Lincoln a notice that "I have hired [him] for four years from March 1st 1861." Lincoln is in shirtsleeves and rustic boots, and carries an axe and valise. Uncle Sam announces to the other presidential applicants (left to right) Bell, Breckinridge, and Douglas, "You're too late gentlemen! I've concluded to take down the Notice and let Abraham Lincoln have the Place. I find his record all right, and can safely trust him with the management of my affairs." Lincoln thanks him, saying, " . . . I will endeavor to do my duty." The losers plead their cases. Bell, holding a cane and satchel, says, "I'm an old gentleman sir, but I have a good many friends, to help me take care of your matters, if you'll let me have the place." Breckinridge, the southern Democratic nominee, claims, "This little man in front of me Sir [i.e., Douglas], is an imposter, it is "I" that have the genuine Certificates, and besides I can refer to the last incumbent." Breckinridge served as vice president under discredited incumbent James Buchanan, who can be seen at right through an open White House window, stuffing "dirty linen" into his valise. Buchanan complains, "It is too bad! here [Uncle Sam's] given me Notice to pack up and quit, without a character, and I'll never be able to get another place."Northern Democrat Douglas asks, "Please Sir, I've been trying a long time to get a recommendation for the place, and here it is at last, you'll find me a young man of regular habits." Breckinridge and Douglas carry valises similar to Lincoln's, and all three candidates hold pieces of paper with their party affiliations.

    URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a14789

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