Abraham Lincoln

1. Abraham Lincoln With Malice Toward None; With Charity for All Exhibit at Indiana State Museum 2010 February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865 16th President of the United States

2. Introduction Born in a Kentucky log cabin to a frontier family who later moved to Indiana and Illinois, young Abraham Lincoln grew up in poverty. He had about eighteen months of formal education because he worked to supplement his family’s income. An avid reader, he made extraordinary efforts to gain knowledge while working at many jobs, from farm hand to store clerk. This eventually led to his becoming a respected lawyer and Illinois state political figure and finally President of the United States. These slides will give you an idea of some of the things that you will see when you go to Indianapolis in April to see the Lincoln exhibit.

3. Lincoln’s Boyhood Home in Kentucky  "I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all.“ Taken from Abraham Lincoln’s journal of his early life. Rebuilt log cabin like Lincoln was born in.

4. Lincoln’s Home in Indiana Lincoln moved to Indiana when he was 8 in 1816 and stayed for 14 years until he was 21 in 1830. It was while he was in Indiana that his mother, Nancy Hanks, died and his father, Thomas, remarried. The time he spent here helped shape the man that went on to lead the country. This site is the place where he learned to laugh with his father, cried over the death of his mother and sister, read the books that opened his mind, and triumphed over the hardships of life on the frontier. Nancy Hanks

5. Lincoln’s Boyhood Books This is one of ten surviving pages from Abraham Lincolns homemade student sum book. Sum books were like your notebook that you use today. The badly faded doggerel in the lower left corner reads as follows: Abraham Lincolnhis hand and penhe will be good butGod knows When.. Abraham Lincoln. Student sum book, ca.1824–1826

6. Lincoln’s Home in Illinois Piling all their goods into three wagons, the Lincoln family, now grown to 13 persons, pulled slowly away from the homestead in Indiana, picked up the road to Vincennes about 4 miles north, and plodded steadily towards Illinois. It was March 1, 1830. Atop one of the wagons sat Abraham Lincoln, just turned 21. On March 6, the caravan crossed the Wabash, flooded by spring rains. Within the month they came at last to John Hank's place on the north bank of the Sangamon River, 8 miles west of Decatur, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, product of the Kentucky hills and Indiana forests, had reached the prairie country that would claim his next 30 years.

7. Flatboat Operator By his 19th year Abraham had reached his full growth. Six feet, four inches tall and weighing nearly 200 pounds, he stood out in any gathering. He could wrestle with the best, and witnesses reported that he could hoist more weight and drive an ax deeper than any man around. He was ready when the chance came to take his first long journey. James Gentry, the richest man in the community hired Abraham to accompany his son Allen to New Orleans in a flatboat loaded with produce. Down the Ohio they floated and into the Mississippi, passing the time in talk, watching the river traffic, and working the poles to avoid sandbars. At New Orleans they sold their cargo and the flatboat and rode a steamer back home. Lincoln caught his first real glimpse of slavery while in New Orleans. For his 3 month's work Abraham earned $24.

8. Lincoln’s Jobs He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years. His law partner said of him, "His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest."

9. Married Life In November 1842 Lincoln married Mary Todd, daughter of a prominent Kentucky slave-owning family.  The couple settled in Springfield, Illinois, where their four sons were born. Robert Todd in 1843, Edward Baker in 1846, William "Willie" Wallace in 1850, and Thomas Tad in 1853. Willie and Tad never knew their brother Edward, who died the spring before Willie was born. The Lincolns were lenient parents and often upset friends and neighbors by allowing the boys to be rowdy and disturb conversations.  In an era when children were supposed to be seen and not heard, and work to help their parents, the Lincoln boys were spoiled. They had expensive toys like a stereoscope, a photograph viewing device that made the pictures appear three-dimensional.  Mary had birthday parties for the children, remarking one year that she had just finished hosting a party for Willie in which “some 50 or 60 boys and girls attended the gala.”

10. Early Career of Lincoln • These companion daguerreotypes are the first-known photographic images of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. They were reportedly made in 1846 by Nicholas H. Shepherd shortly after Lincolns election as a delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. A daguerreotype is like a picture to us today but made differently.

11. Lincoln Family Bible One can only speculate as to why Mary Lincolns name stands alone in gold lettering on the front cover of the Lincoln family Bible. Its record of the Lincolns marriage, the births of their sons Robert, Edward, William, and Thomas, and death of Edward, was begun by Abraham Lincoln. However, all entries after April 4, 1855, are in the hand of the couples oldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln. The Comprehensive Bible. Philadelphia: 1847.

12. Lincoln as Lawyer First known photograph was in 1846.

13. Lincoln/Douglas Debates In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860.

14. Lincoln runs for president Campaign poster for Abraham Lincoln in 1859

15. The first pictures taken by Matthew Brady in 1860.

16. First picture of Lincoln with beard A young girl by the name of Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York felt that President Lincoln would look better if he grew a beard so she wrote him a letter. This letter was written in October, 1860. Lincoln did grow a beard and met her at a later date. -

17. Lincoln as President President Elect Lincoln in 1861 along with his famous stovepipe hat. Shortly after Lincoln was elected president, the first shots were fired at Ft. Sumtner and several southern states succeeded.

18. Lincoln During the Civil War This is a picture of Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan one of Lincoln’s generals during the Civil War. This photograph is one of the first pictures taken by a man by the name of Matthew Brady.

19. Lincoln During the Civil War This is Lincoln at Antietam during the Civil War in his signature top hat talking to one of his generals.

20. Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is one of Lincoln’s most famous speeches. It was given in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania when dedicated the battlefield on November 19, 1863. Lincoln was very upset with all of the men that were killed on both sides. He started out his famous speech by saying: “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.”

21. Emancipation Proclamation The first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln wrote was in 1862. Lincoln is sharing this with his cabinet in the above picture. This document was written to set slaves free in the southern states.

22. Lincoln Wins Reelection Lincoln won re-election in 1864, as Union military triumphs heralded an end to the war. In his planning for peace, the President was flexible and generous, encouraging Southerners to lay down their arms and join speedily in reunion.

23.  The spirit that guided him was clearly that of his Second Inaugural Address, now inscribed on one wall of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D. C.: "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds.... "

24. Mary Todd Lincoln You will see many pictures of his wife, Mary Todd and some of the jewelry she wrote at the inaugural balls. Many people said all she wanted was money and fame.

25. Tad Lincoln Thomas Lincoln ("Tad") was the fourth and last child of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. He was born on April 4, 1853. Tad was named after Thomas Lincoln, Abraham's father who had died in 1851. Tad's head was unusually large at birth. Abraham, viewing the contrast between the large head and tiny baby figure, thought he resembled a tadpole which was the origin of a nickname that stuck for the rest of Tad's life.

26. The Lincoln Family This is one of the few pictures of the whole Lincoln family. You will see this picture when you go to the museum in Indianapolis.

27. Pets Mr. Lincoln "was fond of dumb animals, especially cats. I have seen him fondle one for an hour," wrote Treasury official Maunsell B. Field. The Lincolns' dog, Fido, had been left in Springfield, much to the chagrin of young Tad. In the White House, Fido was replaced by Jip, Mr. Lincoln's dog and frequent lunch companion. The White House became home to a much wider assortment of animals, including two kittens given to the family and at least two goats of whom Tad was fond.

28. Pictures taken on April 10, 1865 Lincoln and son, TadThis is the last pictures taken

29. Lincoln’s Death On Good Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth, an actor, who somehow thought he was helping the South. The opposite was the result, for with Lincoln's death, the possibility of peace with died.

30. What was Lincoln carrying the night he was shot? When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, he was carrying: • two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, • a pocketknife, • a watch fob, • a linen handkerchief, • a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note, • and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies. Given to his son Robert Todd Lincoln upon Lincoln's death, these everyday items, which through association with tragedy had become like relics, remained with the Lincoln family for more than seventy years.

31. The chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot.

32. The carriage that took Abraham Lincoln and his wife to the theatre the night he was shot.

33. Death Masks These are the two life masks that were made of Lincoln before his death. You will see these when you go to Indianapolis at the State Museum.

34. Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial was built in Washington, D.C. in memory of Lincoln.

35. Lincoln and Mount Rushmore In South Dakota in the Black Hills, you will find another dedication to Abraham Lincoln on the side of a mountain. He along with Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Washington will be remembered forever in this magnificent sculpture .

36. Money There are many streets, towns, roads, buildings and other things named after Abraham Lincoln. He is also on the penny and on the five dollar bill.

37. Lincoln Family Tree This is the Lincoln family tree. Robert Lincoln was the only son of Abraham and Mary Lincoln to have children and grandchildren. He had two daughters and one son. The son died as a teenager. The great-grandchildren of Abraham Lincoln lived full lives, but had no descendants. Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, died in 1985 with no surviving family.