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Abraham Lincoln Paper Mache Sculpture
Three-dimensional profile portrait sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, made from an estimated $5000 worth of redeemed U.S. banknotes, in a style similar to paper mache. This framed sculpture was reportedly hung for a number of years in the room where Lincoln died.
Achilles Dew, Letter to President Lincoln
A letter, dated January 24, 1861, written to Abraham Lincoln by Achilles Dew, a resident of Western Virginia. The letter expresses the opinion that Presidents Harrison and Taylor were poisoned, and warns Lincoln that he too could be assassinated.
Allen D. Frankenberry, Soldier, Civil War Diaries and Memoir
Ephemera Collection
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Letters to President Lincoln
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Hazel Groves Hansrote, Compiler, Genealogical Records, Typed Document
Typescript copy of an Abraham Lincoln genealogy compiled by Mrs. Hazel Grove Hansrote.
Historical Document Facsimiles
Originals and facsimiles of sixteen documents, newspapers, magazines, letters, and similar materials. Included are photostats of letters from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Abraham Lincoln, a reprint of a Lincoln speech, photostat of Albert Einstein's original manuscript on relativity, as well as various issues of newspapers describing important events in American history. Content dates from 1508-1954.
Jesse Arnot, Last Mile of Abraham Lincoln, Typed Document [Xerox]
Jesse Arnot, The Last Mile of Abraham Lincoln, by Armand A. Beard, narrates the life of Jesse Arnot, who was born in Monroe County, Virginia. He moved to St. Louis, Missouri and rose to local prominence as owner of a large livery company whose hearse carried Abraham Lincoln's coffin to the Springfield cemetery.
John Rogers Correspondence
The collection consists largely of correspondence to Morgantown businessman John Rogers from relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It also includes two letters from Sgt. William A. Widney, who was assigned to the U.S. War Department during the Civil War, to a Morgantown friend (possibly William Hennen). One letter was written by an unidentified woman to her grandson, a West Virginia University student.