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Diary
and Roll Book Owned by a Civil War Officer
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Dr.
Charles Leale
Dr. Leale was an
army physician from NY who first attended to Lincoln when he
was shot.
Dr. DeSalvo has interviewed Dr. Leale’s granddaughter,
Helen Harper Leale.
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Lincoln
Blood Stained Assassination Relic
Piece
of lace measuring 2 ½ inches by 1 inch with embroidery pattern
and blood stains
Paper
that the lace came in with handwritten note
Old
Framed Engraving of Lincoln
(from
the collection
of Dr. John DeSalvo)
CDV
of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad
Brady's National Portrait Gallery
(from
the collection
of Dr. John DeSalvo)
Lincoln's medium, Nettie Colburn Maynard in 1863
Sketch
of Lincoln with medium Nettie
Colburn Maynard at séance
Lincoln's
Ghost?
This
photo, taken around 1872, at Mathew Brady’s studio by
photographer William Mumler.
It claims to have captured the spirit image of Lincoln with his
wife Mary Todd.
Its authenticity has been disputed over the years.
CDV
of Abraham Lincoln – Brady Photograph
S.M. Fassett's New Gallery, Chicago
(from the collection
of Dr. John DeSalvo)
Laura
Keene as Laura Trenchard
in the play “Our American Cousin” playing
at Ford's theater the night Lincoln
was shot.
Ford’s
Theatre - 1865
The bed Lincoln died in.
This
photo was taken just hours afterwards by Julius Ulke
1886 Letter from Dr. Leale to
Mr. Gilder
The
Following quotes of Abraham Lincoln
are not commonly known
A
Cure for Anxiety
(Lincoln did at times suffer from anxiety)
"I
think if I were you, in case my mind were not exactly right,
I would avoid being idle. I would immediately engage in some
business, or go to making preparations for it, which would
be the same thing." (letter to Speed - February
13, 1842)
God's
Instrument
"I
always was superstitious: I believe God made me one of the
instruments of bringing your Fanny and you together, which
union I have no doubt he had fore-ordained, whatever he
designs, he will do for me yet. 'Stand Still, and see
the salvation of the Lord" is my text just now'."
(letter to Speed September 4, 1842)
To
Be Remembered
As
recalled by Speed, Lincoln told him in 1841 "that
he had done nothing to make any human being remember that he
had lived, and that to connect his name with the events
transpiring in his day and generation, and so impress
himself upon them as to link his name with something that
would redound to the interest of his fellow-man, was that he
desired to live for."
(note: He reminded Speed of this conversation just before
the time he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.)
The Gettysburg Address in the New York
Tribune the day after Lincoln gave it.
(from the Civil War newspaper collection of Dr. John DeSalvo)
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