Box 4
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Folder 157
File — Box: 4, Folder: 157
Identifier: Folder 157
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists largely of printed books, pamphlets, memorial sermons, and offprints concerning Abraham Lincoln that were collected by Waldo. Noteworthy items in this collection include the first edition of Lincoln's debates with Stephen A. Douglas, Photographs of Abraham Lincoln, by Frederick Meserve (1911) and a reprint copy of the New York Herald, April 15, 1865 proclaiming that Lincoln was shot.
Dates:
1860-1960; bulk 1865-1931; Other: Date acquired: 1947
Ostendorf, Lloyd. Just before Christmas in 1837, Abraham Lincoln does his holiday shopping in Springfield at A. Y. Ellis & Company on the west side of the Square where his intimate friend, Joshua Fry Speed, is a partner with Abner Y. Ellis and James Bell. Above this store Lincoln shared a sleeping room with Speed. This firm sold general merchandise., 1905-05-18
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 157
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Drawing, 1 page
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1905-05-18