Abraham Lincoln (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference
“Lincoln, Abraham,” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000313.
LINCOLN, Abraham, a Representative from Illinois and 16th President of the United States; born in Hardin County, Ky., February 12, 1809; moved with his parents to a tract on Little Pigeon Creek, Ind., in 1816; attended a log-cabin school at short intervals and was self-instructed in elementary branches; moved with his father to Macon County, Ill., in 1830 and later to Coles County, Ill.; read the principles of law and works on surveying; during the Black Hawk War he volunteered in a company of Sangamon County Rifles organized April 21, 1832; was elected its captain and se

Jacob Collamer, 1865, detail

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Jacob Collamer
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Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Jacob Collamer, 1865

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Jacob Collamer
Source citation
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Lincoln's Inauguration, March 4, 1861

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Inauguration of President Lincoln at U.S. Capitol, March 4, 1861
Source citation
Lincoln Collection, Library of Congress

James Gordon Bennett, detail

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James Gordon Bennett, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated, hands folded in lap, seated beside a small table with tablecloth on which rests a tall hat
Source citation
Daguerreotype Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
DAG no. 188

James Gordon Bennett

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Cropped, sized, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 1, 2008.
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photograph
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Public
Original caption
James Gordon Bennett, three-quarter length portrait, three-quarters to the left, seated, hands folded in lap, seated beside a small table with tablecloth on which rests a tall hat
Source citation
Daguerreotype Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
DAG no. 188

Albert Hazlett, photograph, 1859

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 28, 2008.
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Yes
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Yes
Original caption
Albert Hazlett Portrait of Albert Hazlett, one of John Brown's men. He was captured and executed at Harper's Ferry, Virginia.
Source citation
Kansas Historical Society. Kansas Memory. www.kansasmemory.org.
Source note
Original uncropped larger image at http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208798

Dangerfield Newby, photograph, 1859, detail

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Cropped, sized, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, April 29, 2008.
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No
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Kansas Historical Society
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Dangerfield Newby, a John Brown follower who was killed at the gate of the U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
Source citation
Kansas Historical Society. Kansas Memory. www.kansasmemory.org.
Source note
Original uncropped larger image at http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/208806
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