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Abraham Lincoln receives a check signed by Illinois State Auditor W.L.D. Ewing and endorsed by State Treasurer M. Carpenter for services "as bearer of the presidential polls from Lawrence County to the seat of government." Lincoln's signature is on…

Robert Todd Lincoln writes and signs a check crediting Mary Harlan Lincoln's account with $1000.

Robert Todd Lincoln writes and signs a check for $5000 to Riggs Bank.

Robert Todd Lincoln writes and signs a check for $165 on Riggs Bank for Mary Harlan Lincoln.

This Springfield Marine & Fire Insurance Company bank draft for $50 payable to Abraham Lincoln is one of two bank drafts Lincoln purchased before his trip to speak at Cooper Union in New York City. While Lincoln used the other draft, he retained…

Mary Lincoln Beckwith writes and signs a check for $20 to J. McKenney Berry.

Mary Harlan Lincoln writes and signs a check for $62.82 to F.E. and C.A. Bond.

Edwin Booth endorses a check made out to him by Horace McVicker, Treasurer for the Bank of the Metropolis, for $4966.50.

This seven-panel cartoon shows a cheaper gas pump followed by a drawing of a city filled with automobiles. The third panel shows a man asleep under a sign labeled "Electrify the Terminals. Smoke Costs Chicago Millions Annually." The following panel…

Seven verse song and chorus sung to th etune of "Nely Bly" and "Dedicated to the Army of the Cumberland." Lyrics depict military defeats of General Braxton Bragg.Sheet note: "By J. B. L., of the 115th O. V. I."

Two soldiers stand guard outside Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A man inspects the wreckage of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.

Several people survey the wreckage of a Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train near Chatsworth. More than eighty of the nine hundred passengers on board lost their lives.