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Portrait of May, also Mae, Hawley.

Annie Delano, an alumnae of Monticello Female Seminary from Bunker Hill, Illinois, poses for a portrait in profile.

A painting shows several cars parked along the street in front of a grassy area and several buildings in Winchester, Illinois.On verso: "Winchester, Ill. From Talman Son & Loan Bank - Chicago 1966"

Instrumental music. "Composed and Respectfully Dedicated to Mrs. Lincoln."

An advertisement promoting pastor Paul Rader and his famous World War I address. Rader was an evangelist and Harvard graduate whose Chicago pastorates included, Moody Memorial Church (1915-1921), and Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (1922-1933).

Frank writes from Philadelphia to his brother about his prospects at work and offers his reaction to Lincoln's inauguration and subsequent celebration in Washington.

Robert Ingersoll, "The Great Agnostic," colonel during the American Civil War, politician, attorney, and orator, poses for a picture with his granddaughter, Eva Ingersoll Wakefield.

Judge William Granville Cochran of Sullivan sits for a portrait.

In 1862, the U.S. Navy established a flotilla of steam powered rams to operate against Confederate vessels on the Mississippi River. Rams were designed with a heavily reinforced hull to ram enemy ships. This song was written in honor of U.S.…

Richard Yates, Sr., sits for a portrait wearing a suit and bow tie.

Lyrics depict nostalgia for and pride in growing up in Illinois. Cover image depicts "Illinois" in title written with cornstalks. Back page is the first page of the "Tingley Two Step"

Photo caption: "Aerial view of main accelerator at National Accelerator Laboratory. The main accelerator is four miles in circumference; 1.24 miles in diameter."

Chairman of the Illinois State Tax Commission Scott W. Lucas golfs with state auditors Edward J. Barrett, Ray Bergen, and John Stelle in French Lick, Indiana.

Commissioner of Public Buildings B.B. French wrote an account of Abraham Lincoln's death soon after the event. His account later appears in The Republican as "A narrative of the president's murder." On page 249 of his scrapbook French pastes a…

B.B. French sends a copy of his address, a funeral program and a card of admission to Andrew Boyd. French closes with: "If ever I loved a man that man was Abraham Lincoln, & there is scarcely anything I would not do to honor his memory." French…

Instrumental music. "Funeral March"

I.M. Ferris assesses the property of Mr. Thomas Lincoln of Fountain Green, Illinois. In 1850, Lincoln owned real property valued at $508.77 and personal property at $260.

An unidentified couple sits for a portrait.

Words and music handwritten by unknown. Back of manusript contains a handwritten note by unknown: "Sung at funeral train in 1865-as the train bearing Lincoln's body, by Ellen Arrington-alto, Frank Hoblit-BassTenor, Mary Downey-air" .

"To the officers and men of the 113th Reg. Ill. Vols."

A woodcut shows Reid Chapel, built in honor of William H. Reid's wife, Eleanor Irwin Reid. The Reid's donated large sums of money requested by principal Harriet Haskell to help rebuild the Monticello Female Seminary after the November 4, 1888 fire.…