Project
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Division of Research Programs
Photo caption
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Photo caption
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln taken on November 8, 1863, eleven days before his famed Gettysburg Address.
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Trace Lincoln’s development from a country lawyer to the president who would lead the country through the Civil War through his legal briefs, personal letters, and drafts of speeches.