Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; earliest example of Lincoln's handwriting

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17467460

Description

Title: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; earliest example of Lincoln's handwriting
Creator: From the Collection: Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962
Contributor: From the Collection: Kunhardt, Dorothy, 1901-1979
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W.
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Peter W., Jr., 1982-
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., 1928-2006
From the Collection: Kunhardt, Philip B., III, 1951-
From the Collection: Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation
Published / Created: approximately 1897–1962
Description: Copy photograph of a facsimile copy of Lincoln's writing in a copy book preserved by his stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln, 1788-1869, and then owned by Jesse William Weik, 1857-1930
Provenance: Purchased from MKF Funding, Llc, Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund and with a gift from the Rice Family Foundation, 2015. Gift of Peter W. Kunhardt and Philip B. Kunhardt, III, 2015.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: 1 mounted gelatin silver print
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1430

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Container / Volume

Box 20, folder 367

Access: Public
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Citation: Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.