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Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt
The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves Lincoln ...
Rare Abraham Lincoln artifacts sell for nearly $8 million at Chicago auction
The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...
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Abraham Lincoln artifacts that were once in a museum are going up for auction
The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction. The ...
Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction
Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln have been auctioned off, separated from a collection that was ...
Michael Peregrine: Chicago helped give rise to Abraham Lincoln’s presidency 165 years ago
Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.
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After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...
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Trump, Lincoln and a ‘Habeas Corpus Threat’
No president has ever done so without Congress, Mr. Galston writes, citing President Abraham Lincoln’s Civil War detention of Confederate prisoners. Article I of the Constitution declares that ...
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Lincoln man dies after being injured in April crash, police say
A 77-year-old man died after being injured in an April crash in Lincoln, according to authorities.The crash occurred near 17th and P streets on April 7. Two vehicles collided and then one of the ...