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Funeral march in honor of Abraham Lincoln. "In Memory of a Country's Martyred Father" on cover. Op.7

A "Song and Chorus arranged for the Piano Forte," the song pokes fun at Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Plotkin was a Jewish American labor leader who lived in Berlin, Germany in 1932 and 1933, before returning to the United States.

Subtitled "A New Battle Song," the song depicts Lincoln encouraging his Union troops: "We're going to fight in earnest boys." It emphasizes the Union resolve to recover from the failed campaign in Virginia in early 1862 and to take the war to the…

After June 1862, in respose to the failure of the Union campaign to take Richmond, President Lincoln called on the states to provide a total of 600,000 volunteers to fill the Union ranks. The song calls on the people of the North to fulfill Lincoln's…

An abstract of votes for electors of president and vice president of the United States is signed by Gov. Richard Yates, Secretary of State O.M. Hatch, and Auditor Jesse Dubois of Illinois.

J. B. Allen keeps an itmeized account of the purchases made by James Bradford Lincoln. Lincoln's account debt amounts to $6.32.

Lincoln's account of expenses incurred on behalf of Maria Bullock, includes money paid to the County Clerk for the publication of a notice of Bullock's impending lawsuit with William S. Viney.

As administrator of the estate of James Sayle, deceased, William F. Elkin makes an account of rents sold on behalf of the Sayle heirs. Elkin is one of the Long Nine.

Acrobats perform in front of the Old State Capitol during the Springfield Capitennial festivities.

Two Monticello Female Seminary theater students act out Endymion in a wooded area.

Police and other individuals move in to detain an individual in relation to the Hearst Strike in Chicago. The Hearst Corporation, founded by William Randolph Hearst, became the largest media conglomerate in the world in the 1920s and has had…

A large group of women wearing costumes and holding signs pose for a photograph while standing on the Monticello Female Seminary grounds. On verso: "The Grand Republican LMER."

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

Ada Mills Elmer poses for a portrait wearing a plaid tie.On verso: "Rochelle, Ills; Born Feb. 10, 1858; Died Apr. 23, 1919; She married Dr. Andrew B. Elmer a dentist at Rochelle."