A report of grades from Harvard College for the senior class of 1863-64 inlcudes the grade of Robert Todd Lincoln during his senior year. This particular report belonged to [James] Elliott. Of a senior class of 90 pupils, Robert ranked #32 in his…
A report of grades from Harvard College for the academic year 1860-1861 lists the marks for the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes with class rank penned beside each student name. Freshman Robert T. Lincoln is ranked #43 in his class of 56 with…
RenViviani and General Joseph Joffre meet with a delegation of Illinois officials, including John Oglesby, the 29th and 31st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1909-1913 and 1917-1921, Frank Lowden, the twenty-fifth Governor of Illinois, 1917-1921, and…
Robert S. Todd writes and signs this rental agreement regarding the rental of a piece of property, stipulating no timber is to be cut "but for making rails."
Ellen Hopkins writes and signs an account of the opening of Abraham Lincoln's casket in 1887 and again in 1901 noting that he has in his possession the sheet of metal cut from the section of the casket that was over the face of Lincoln. The account…
Ninety year old Philip Lord Kimball recounts hearing John Wilkes Booth and another man on a horse-drawn bus discuss the murder of an unnamed person. He later comes to understand that they may have been referring to a plot to assassinate President…
Edwin J. Foster writes: "I saw Mr. Lincoln first at Freeport Ill. When 9 1/2 years old with my father in his 2nd debate with Douglas 1858" [Signed:] Edwin J. Foster, Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic." Foster served as commander…
The remains of a staircase and two arches are all that remain of the Livingston Hotel in Livingston, TX, after a major fire swept through and destroyed much of the downtown area.
Franz Reisch established he Reisch Brewery in Springfield in 1849. The brewery existed for 117 years before the property was sold to a nearby hospital in 1966. Several horse drawn carts containing barrels can be seen in the front of the brewery. On…