Title: James G. Conkling associates of Abraham Lincoln Description: James G. Conkling (1816-1899), one of the law associates of Abraham Lincoln, Conkling practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, where Lincoln often tried cases with him; Conkling and his wife, Mercy Levereing Conkling, a girlhood friend of Mary Lincoln's, were good friends of the Lincolns in Springfield; Conkling read a letter from Lincoln at a mass meeting in Springfield in September 1863 in which Lincoln eloquently defended his policies on the American Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation; the letter became known as the "Conkling Letter" Study Application Notes: Abraham Lincoln ("Honest Abe," "The Rail Splitter," "The Great Emancipator"), born February 25, 1809 in a log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky, died April 15, 1865 in Washington, D.C.; sixteenth President of the U.S. (1861-1865); Lincoln was self-taught, moving at age twenty-two to Illinois in 1831, working on a flatboat, then later as a rail-splitter and store clerk, until moving to Springfield, Illinois to work as a lawyer in 1837; he served four terms as a state representative from Sangamon County, Illinois as a Whig; he married Mary Todd (Mary Anne Todd; December 13, 1818-July 16, 1882) in 1842, a union that produced four sons: Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843-July 26, 1926); Edward "Eddie" Baker Lincoln (March 10, 1846-February 1, 1850); William "Willie" Wallace Lincoln (December 21, 1850-February 20, 1862); and Thomas "Tad" Lincoln (April 4, 1853-July 16, 1871); Background Information: Lincoln was narrowly elected the sixteenth President of the U.S. in 1860 as a Republican. He worked hard to preserve the Union, though eleven southern States had seceded and a Civil War ensued; his Emancipation Proclamation, announced on September 22, 1862 and put into effect on January 1, 1863, essentially freed the slaves and, with his Gettysburg Address, are some of the greatest documents ever produced by an American President; Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. shot by American stage actor John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838-April 26, 1865) and died the next day; Lincoln is buried in the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois; several films profile Lincoln, the most notable being Abraham Lincoln (1930), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), and Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940); Category: Political Figures Topic: U.S. Presidents Subject: Abraham Lincoln Keywords: Abraham Lincoln Collection, abolitionists, American Civil War (1861-1865), anti-slavery, assassinations, attorney, Conkling Letter, debates, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Illinois, Illinois Legislators, Kentucky, lawyers, Lincoln's law associates, politicians, presidential debates, presidents of the U.S., rail-splitters, slavery, Springfield, Illinois, U.S. Congress, U.S. Presidents, U.S. Senate, Whig political party. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1200 x 1604 (1.92 MPixels) (1.34) Print Size: 10.2 x 13.6 cm; 4.0 x 5.3 inches File Size: 5.53 MB (5,800,654 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000530072 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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