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Mary Devlin Booth writes an affectionate letter to her friend Emma Cushman mentioning the "constant wear and tear" of New York and Edwin playing Sir Edward Mortimer and Don Caesar.

Mary Devlin Booth's correspondence to Emma Cushman mentions a large party, concerns about her health, and Edwin going to Brooklyn to perform.

Mary Devlin Booth comments to Emma Cushman that: "Last night we went to see J. Wilkes B. for the first time. We were very much pleased by him, but he has a great deal to learn and unlearn."

A pot of flowers stand next to Vachel Lindsay's headstone at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.

A hand colored lithograph of a Native American Ottawa Chief, Ka. Na. Pi. Ma., wearing European style clothing.

Although the illustration shows a soldier leaving a battlefield, this three verse song about the return of a prodigal son to his mother does not mention war or soldiering.

A mudsill is a sill or timber placed on or buried under the ground to support a structure. Southerners sometimes referred to Northerners as "mudsills," in derision of what they saw as the lowly social status of most Northern men. During the Civil…

Members of the Elks Club. Seated left to right are Lester Morris (driver), "Uncle Joe" Cannon and Robert G. Macdonald (front seat), W. R. Jewell, Joseph B. Mann, and John Charles Black (back seat). Black was a Union Army Lieutenant Colonel and…

George E. Walker, the first sheriff of LaSalle County and an Indian interpreter during the Black Hawk War, poses for a portrait. On verso: "George E. Walker First Sheriff La Salle Co."

Ada Filson (standing) creates a hairstyle for her sister, Irene Filson (seated), with the help of Ms. Stover (kneeling).

Thusnelda "Nelda" Wilson, wife of Charles Wilson, poses for a portrait wearing a black dress. She worked as a teacher in Piatt County.

Charles Wilson stands for a portrait wearing a dark suit.

Price Carter, of Tuscola, the brother of Joseph N. Carter, looks to the side during a portrait sitting. Photo signature: "Respectfully yours."

Charles Wilson sits for a portrait. On verso: "Grandfather of Mrs. Ruth Anderson Nelson, son of William Wilson."

Requiem for Abraham Lincoln

Eight verse song and chorus, "Sung with immense success by Wood's Minstrels." Song celebrates the Union army's campaigns in the South.

A rallying song for the Union cause. Cover has ornamental border.

Illustrated six verse song and chorus.

Portrait of Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil war, politician, attorney, and orator.

John Wallace "Captain Jack" Crawford, "The Poet Scout", a famed adventurer, poses for a photo dressed as a cowboy.

Robert M. Douglas, son of Stephen A. Douglas, sits for a portrait. Unlike his staunchly Democratic father, Robert sided with Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans, helping reconstruction efforts in the South and serving as personal secretary to…

Ulysses S. Grant poses for a photograph in his military uniform.

Julia Maria Jayne Trumbull wears a dark dress for a portrait.. On verso: "Julia Jayne, 1st wife of Lyman Trumble, Perry Jayne, great-nephew, August 6, 1952."

Lyman Trumbull leans against a table during a portrait session.

William A. Jayne sits for a portrait. Jayne was Abraham Lincoln's personal physician in Springfield. He served as the mayor of Springfield in 1859, in the Illinois Senate in 1860, and was the appointed the first governor of the Dakota Territory in…