Lincoln and Lincolniana Preserve a Nation’s Spirit
Thomas W. Lloyd recalls meeting Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and again at his home in Pennsylvania. He describes Lincolns kindness to a boy enlisting in the war and a cadet denied entry who later receives the Presidents support. The reminiscences highlight Lincoln as a humane leader beyond his intellect.
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Thomas W. Lloyd
Montoursville
Penn
Abraham Lincoln
House of Representatives
Ead
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Mr. Lloyd
Noua
Ottawa
Naval Academy
Annapollis
Preglincoln
White House
Lttle
Lincoln Anecdote Reveals His Earnestness and Resolve
An inmate recalls a tale about Abraham Lincoln and a patent lawyer who chaired police after the 1861 Union victory. Six months after the Emancipation Proclamation was drafted, pressure mounted to resist the measure, but Lincoln, warned by Robbing and Nicolay, stood firm as the day approached.
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Lincoln
Mr. Robbing
Union
Wberry
Robbing
Peter
G. S. Kimball
Bangor
Gleason Sanitarium
Bimba
Abraham Lin
Grat
Rob
Republican Party
Lintohi
Isaaccot
Ant
Robbins
Nicolay
Lincoln A Plain Man Had Little Time for Appearances
In Leslie's Weekly Henry C. Whitney describes Lincoln as plain in dress and manners. He wore practical clothes, shunned formality, and cared little for etiquette or theatrical displays. During campaigns he focused on votes and political shifts rather than style or ceremony.
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Lincoln
Henry C. Whitney
Leslie
Dres
President
bin Japinates
Lincoln's Love of Truth and the Manly Nobility
The February Atlantic praises Abraham Lincoln for his blend of simple homeliness and deep melancholy. It notes his humor and sadness shaped by poverty and sorrow, pairing coarse wit with refined insight, and mutual flaws that forged rare nobility.
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Lincoln
Gothine
Douslin
William Gemm
Teubure
Ongtin
Alee
Fragmented 19th century clipping with varied items and jokes
A disjointed OCR fragment features colorful quotes and snatches from early 20th century miscellany. It includes racial humor, advertisements for Defiance Starch, a note about a blind guide in New Jersey, a claim of a 5400 pound tin nugget in Tasmania, a health note on Ira D. Sankey, and a brief on Beverly Mass establishing the first cotton mill in 1787.
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North Dundas
Tasmania
Beverly
Mass
Has Relic of Gladstone Used in Wycombe Liberal Club
A High Wycombe Liberal Club records share a relic claiming an army ball fashioned from a tree felled by W. B. Gladstone. The item ties to Gladstone era symbolism and local club history, reflecting 19th century political culture in Buckinghamshire.
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Gladstone
High Wycombe
Liberal Club
Poase
W. B. Gladstone
Catarah Thirty Years to Hon David Meekison
The article extols Meekison, a former congressman, as a prominent state and national figure while noting his long battle with catarrh. It recounts his political rise, a personal health struggle, and promotes Peruna as a cure for catarrh with claims of widespread success and a free Health Almanac.
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David Meekison
America
Meekison
Perum
Hartman
Congress
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Ira. D. Sankey
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