Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass delivered a speech at the unveiling of the Freedmen’s Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1876. This is the conclusion of what Douglass said to the crowd: “Fellow-citizens, the fourteenth day of April, 1865, of which this is the eleventh anniversary, […]
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Abe Lincoln: The Freedmen’s Monument
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, American Civil War, the, Frederick Douglass, John Wilkes Booth, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, assassination of Abraham Lincoln, biographies of presidents, black history month, Emancipation Proclamation, Frederick Douglass, Freedmen's Monument, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln Memorial, Lincoln's birthday, Slavery, the, Washington D.C. on February 12, 2010| 1 Comment »
The Murder of President Lincoln. Appeal to the Colored People!
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, American Civil War, the, John Wilkes Booth, PEOPLE, tagged Assassination of President Lincoln, Booth manhunt, Edwin Stanton, John Wilkes Booth, Major W.S. Hancock on June 22, 2009| 2 Comments »
It was April 24, 1865 – ten days since President Lincoln was assassinated – and his killer still remained at large. On the night of April 14, John Wilkes Booth had shot the president in the head, jumped on a horse, and slipped across the Potomac River undetected. He had disappeared into Maryland, a state that […]
The 90-Cent Lincoln
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged 90-cent Lincoln, 90-cent Lincoln stamp sold, Abraham Lincoln, Ice House Cover, Lincoln memorabilia, Lincolniana, Mathew Brady photographs, rare Lincoln stamp sold, rare stamps, stamp collecting, stamp collectors on June 16, 2009| 3 Comments »
From The New York Times, June 15, 2009: $431,000 Paid for Envelope and Its Stamp An envelope from an 1873 letter bearing a scarce 90-cent stamp with Abraham Lincoln fetched more than $431,000 at an auction in New York City on Saturday. The envelope, or cover, as collectors call used envelopes, was sold by Siegel […]
The Lincoln Assassination: Double Date with Death
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, John Wilkes Booth, Major Henry Rathbone, Mental Institutions, PEOPLE, tagged Clara Harris, Ford's Theater, John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Assassination, Major Henry Rathbone, Mary Todd Lincoln, Our American Cousin, President Abraham Lincoln, the murder of Clara Harris on June 5, 2009| 14 Comments »
It was the morning of Friday, April 14, 1865, the last full day of Abraham Lincoln’s life. It was a beautiful spring day. The president was looking forward to an evening at the theater. Plays relaxed him, expecially comedy. There were some who looked down on him for being a theater-goer. They considered it lowbrow […]
Mary Lincoln Goes Goth
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, Mental Institutions, PEOPLE, Queen Victoria & Prince Albert, ROYALTY/NOBILITY, tagged "Mrs. Brown", Abraham Lincoln, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, British Royal Family/Nobles, crepe, Elizabeth Keckley, FASHION & TOYS, French Empress Eugénie, insane asylum, jet jewelry, John Brown, Judy Dench, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln's mourning, mourning clothes, mourning jewelry, Prince Albert, Prince Albert's death, Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria's mourning, Tad Lincoln, the Civil War, the contaminated Potomac River, typhoid fever in Washington, Victorian mourning customs, weeping veils, widow's weeds, Willie Lincoln on March 20, 2009| Leave a Comment »
After her son Willie’s death at age eleven on February 20, 1862, Mary Todd Lincoln went into deep mourning. She traded in her sparkling jewels, frilly white and colorful gowns, and flowered bonnets made fashionable by her icon the French Empress Eugénie (click to read earlier post) for widow’s weeds of dull black crepe. Her stylish White House parties were put to the side. Gaiety gave […]
What They Found in Lincoln’s Pockets
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Boorstin, Ford Theatre, Library of Congress, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln assassination artifacts, Lincoln realia, Lincolniana, Mary Lincoln Isham, Our American Cousin, Robert Lincoln on March 16, 2009| 10 Comments »
On the morning of April 15, 1865, the day Abraham Lincoln died, someone emptied his pockets. These contents were put in a box which was then wrapped in brown paper and tied with a string. The box was then handed to Abraham’s oldest son Robert Lincoln who was at his father’s deathbed. Robert Lincoln then […]
Bad Omen #3 : Lincoln’s Final Dream
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Clara Harris, Edwin Stanton, Elizabeth Keckley, Ford's Theatre, John Wilkes Booth, Laura Keene, Lincoln's dream, Lincoln's premonition of death, Major Henry Rathbone, Our American Cousin, Robert E. Lee, Robert Lincoln, Salmon Chase, Schuyler Colfax, the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, Ulysses Grant, William Crook on March 5, 2009| 1 Comment »
April 14, 1865, was one of the happiest days of Abraham Lincoln’s life. It was Good Friday. General Robert E. Lee had surrendered five days earlier and the Civil War was over. The Union had been saved. Lincoln had a relaxing breakfast with his 21-year-old son Robert, whom he called “Bob,” who had just arrived […]
Bad Omen #2: Lincoln Sees His Corpse
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner photograph, Allan Pinkerton, Battle of Antietam, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln's corpse, Lincoln's dream, Lincoln's premonition of death, Major John McClernard, Pinkerton Detective Agency, the Civil War on March 4, 2009| 2 Comments »
Since he stepped foot into the White House, President Lincoln was dogged by rumors of assassination and kidnapping. Threatening letters arrived on an almost daily basis. Lincoln stuffed them away in a bulging envelope marked ASSASSINATION. (1) Abe’s friends were worried. “I long ago made up my mind that if anyone wants to kill me, he will […]
Bad Omen #1: Lincoln’s Doppelganger
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Gardner photograph, Civil War, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln's doppelganger, Lincoln's premonition, Lincoln's psychic power, Lincoln's vision, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mathew Brady photographs, mediums, Noah Brooks, Victorian séances, White House séances, Willie Lincoln on March 3, 2009| 6 Comments »
Abraham Lincoln was deeply interested in psychic phenomena. Following the death of his eleven-year-old son, Willie, (1850-1862) of typhoid fever, Lincoln was consumed with grief. He was persuaded by wife Mary to participate in several séances held in the White House. Mary believed that professional mediums could pierce the veil between this life and the […]
Mary Lincoln’s Neckline Heads South
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged 19th Century fashion, Abraham Lincoln, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Charles Frederick Worth, Elizabeth Keckley, Empress Eugenie, France, French haute couture, Mary Todd Lincoln, Napoleon III, Oregon, Paris couture, Senator James Nesmith, the Civil War, the House of Worth on February 26, 2009| 4 Comments »
As mentioned in yesterday’s post, Mary Todd Lincoln slavishly followed the fashion lead of the Empress Eugénie, Empress Consort of France (1853-1871), the wife of Napoléon III, Emperor of the French. The empress’ style was reported in detail by the Vogue magazine of the day, Godey’s Lady’s Book. In 1860, age 32, the Empress Eugénie […]
Mary Todd Lincoln Had the “Gimmies”
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, biographies of first ladies, biographies of political wives, biographies of women, Julia Taft Bayne, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln's bonnets, Mrs. Horatio Taft, the Civil War on February 25, 2009| 6 Comments »
When Mary and Abraham Lincoln moved into the White House in 1861, Mary was 43 years old, a time when women her age dressed in somber grays, dull browns, and boring blues. But not Mary Todd Lincoln. For her, expensive clothes were a mark of importance, of breeding. She proceeded to dress like a peacock, […]
The Lincoln Assassination Conspirators: Mary Surratt & the 7 Hoods
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, canvas hoods, Confederate conspiracy, Edwin Stanton, John Wilkes Booth, the Lincoln Assassination, the Lincoln conspirators, trial of the Lincoln conspirators, William Seward on February 24, 2009| 9 Comments »
After the assassination of Lincoln and the attempted assassination of Secretary of State William Seward, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton doggedly pursued the apprehension and prosecution of the conspirators. From the beginning, he knew that actor John Wilkes Booth had murdered the president. Booth was hunted down and killed on April 26, 1865, only eleven […]
Abraham Lincoln: “That D____d Long Armed Ape!”
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Cyrus McCormack, Edwin Stanton, Ford's Theatre, George Harding, Lincoln arms, Lincoln Assassination, Lincoln death, Petersen boardinghouse, President Obama on February 23, 2009| 3 Comments »
Much has been made of Democratic President Obama’s attempt to incorporate a Republican into his cabinet, a move that today’s political pundits liken to an overture made by the President Lincoln when, in 1862, he appointed Democrat Edwin Stanton as secretary of war in his Republican administration. Stanton was not just Lincoln’s political opponent, he was one […]
The Lincoln Assassination: Uncle Sam’s Menagerie
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War history, David Herold, Dr. Samuel Mudd, Edman Spangler, George Atzerodt, history, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Paine, Lincoln Assassination and Death, Lincoln Bicentennial, Lincoln conspirators, Mary Elizabeth Surratt, Michael O'Laughlin, Samuel Arnold, the Civil War, the Confederacy, Uncle Sam's Menagerie, Yankee Doodle on February 23, 2009| 3 Comments »
Issued in the wake of Lincoln’s assassination in April 1865, the political cartoon, “Uncle Sam’s Menagerie,” conveys the Northern hostility toward the conspirators, whom the public associated with former president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. Uncle Sam stands before a cage in which a hyena with the bonneted head of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederacy, claws […]
The Heart of Abraham Lincoln
Posted in Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, PEOPLE on February 13, 2009| 2 Comments »
Today I want to get it just right. It is our precious Abe Lincoln’s 200th birthday. I want to choose just the right thing to say about him in this blog that does the great man justice, that gives us a look into his fine soul. When I think of Lincoln, I think of his […]
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