Young Abraham Lincoln in Color Colorized photo of the Senator from Illinois: Abraham Lincoln

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LETTER TO J. GILLESPIE On BECOMING A SENATOR SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 1, 1854. DEAR SIR:—I have really got it in...

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE FIRST REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION OF ILLINOIS, HELD AT BLOOMINGTON, ON MAY 29, 185...

"THE LONG NINE" AND THE REMOVAL TO SPRINGFIELD Two years was the term for which Lincoln was elected to the Legislature. T...

ABE LINCOLN SAVES THREE LIVES ON THE FLATBOAT While they were at work on the flatboat the humorous young stranger from Indiana beca...

LINCOLN BUILDING THE FLATBOAT Early in the spring after "the big snow," John Hanks, Lincoln and John Johnston met Dent...

Abraham Lincoln Moving to Illinois "FOLLOWING THE RIVER" Thomas Lincoln had become restless again. Fourteen years was ...