Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-10
MEMEN7OES OF L|NCOlu's life
Exhibit Makes Most Exhaustive
Biography in Existence.
Each Set of Pictures ana Papers Rep
resent some Phase of the Martyrcd
Presidents Carccr-WOrk Pre-
pared by Mrs. Weber.


attra cted the attention of the entire
world at the San Francisco exposition
and which is now being exhibited in
Chicago. was prepared and installed by
Mrs Jessie Palmer Weber OF springfield
M, the daughter OF John NJ Palmer,
former United States senator and gov
ernor of Illinois and a major general Of
the civil war. Mrs. Weber is the libra.
rian of the Illinois State Historical So
cetY, which is in direct charge of the
exhibit. under the supervision or the
Illinois commissions Lincoln memorial
committee.
The exhibit is a pictorial and manu-
script life of Lincoln y room has been
especially set aside for II, ana hero the
various pictures and papers, each repre-
sentative OF some phase of tine maltvrcd
presidents career, have been Installed.
The central fcatsrc Of the c%Ii6it is
The arrangement of IL hat wall cases.
Thee cases contain material Witch tells
IN chronological sequence the story of
LinColns life, with letters pictures. doe
uments, mementos. curious and other fca-
lures, each carefully labeled
Among the most intcrcstinr of the
relics is a collection of the rarc.t OF the
biographies and other books about Lin
coin. including Lincoln biogra phics writ
ten in foreign languages, A collection of
sheet music, songs and instrumental mu-
sic written about Lincoln, some of the
rarer Lincoln medals and original carl
caturcs Of the president. issued during
his presidential campaigns. arc also in
these cases. There are faceinile copies
of more than 100 letters written by Lin
coin and Of many historical documents.
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ture three miles from lIodgcrs lilo. larn.
county Nv.
The second cn.c ia labeled ..rrhe Tou.b
of Lincoln Tho nicft;rc OF Sarah ranch
Lincoln, atcpmothor Of the ,rceidcut has
a prominent place. ana the rna,,iaro bond
between Thomas lincoln, his fathcr aud
Sarah Bush Johnston is shown directly
underneath
/ The youth,of The MARTY, is nic-,iro1 II,
some Of hi. schooIbool,s Tbo ,i,,o ,,,ce
Of the English grammar which he used
shows the name of Ann NJ Rutledre
the sweetheart, q, his vou,b. i'm HE own
handwriting. and on a nago of pi1,a,s
arithmetic the hoy vrote .Ahr,han,
! Lincoln. his hand and non. he will Inc
good. but God knows whcn.o
i The third case "Abraharn incoIn in
New Salem" deals with the formative
J
in his grocery store and spent his snare
time studying. The frs, vote of Lincoln
at the election held in Clary Grove pre-
cinct. New Salem. il shown with Lin
coins name and the date. August !. 1881.
Letters show that in 1ssJ he served as
postmaster of New Salem and that lie
| took the lob very seriously
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inc. of ,ho ,.bo,,. o,,d co,,r,,,,,,,.,, ,.,,,d
together with a bill for "a days labor a 5
a SURVEYOR" for three dollars
| shown in the fifth case. The war took
place in the northern part of Illinois in
/ 1892, and while the young man first served
as a private in the companies of Cant
| Jacob NJ. Early and Capt. Elijah Hes he
| DISTINGUISHED himself and was soon pro-
NOTED to captain with company of his
! own
/ From the Black Hawk war the inter-
estinc collection takes us to "Iincoln's
| Marriage and Domestic Life" There are
pictures of Abraham Lincoln and Mary
Todd, the bride: photographs of Ninian
/ Wirth Edwards, in whose home they
were married, and a picture of the home
itself
The Lincoln home in Srrjrgfield. the
| only one Lincoln ever had and which
is now the property Of the state is
shown with family grouns of Iincnl
his wife and children Then thero AFRO
nhotocrapha of the marriage license and
of Robert Todd Lincoln the only slIr.
yi,,inp child vho vas horn ON \ucus,
Is42 and who is NOW an attorney Of chi.
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