ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1858......

From a photograph owned by Hon. William J. Franklin,
Macomb, Illinois, taken in 1866 from an ambrotype made in
1858 at Macomb. By special permission.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861......

Copied from the original in the possession of Frank A.
Brown, Esq., Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HOUSE AT Springfield, ILLINOIS...
The tree in front of the house was planted by Lincoln.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1861....

From a photograph by Klauber, of Louisville, Kentucky,
taken especially for Mrs. Lucy G. Speed, in acknowledg.
ment of an Oxford Bible received from her twenty years
before. Reproduced by special permission of James B.
Speed, Esq., of Louisville, Kentucky.

MONTGOMERY BLAIR, POSTMaster-General

From a photograph by Brady.

GIDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY...

From a photograph by Brady.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE

From a photograph by Brady.

GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN AT THE HEAD-QUARTERS OF
GENERAL MORELL'S BRIGADE, MINOR'S HILL, VIRGINIA...

From a contemporary photograph by M. B. Brady.

EDWIN M. STAnton, SecretaRY OF WAR.....

From a photograph by Brady.

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT...

From an original, unretouched negative made in 1864, when

he was commissioned Lieutenant-General and commander
of all the armies of the republic.

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GRAND REVIEW OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT FALMOUTH, VIRGINIA, IN APRIL, 1863........ 271

From a drawing by W. R. Leigh.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS SON "TAD"

From a photograph by Brady, now in the War Department
Collection, Washington, D. C.

FAC-SIMILE OF LETTER BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO Hon. Michael
HAHN, FIRST FREE STATE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

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By special permission of John M. Crampton, Esq., New
Haven, Connecticut.

SALMON P. Chase, Secretary OF THE Treasury

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From a photograph by Brady.

A Lincoln Calendar