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Prints and Photographs

 http://www.loc.gov/pictures/

Unique in their scope and richness, the prints and photographs collections today number more than 13.7 million images. These include photographs, fine and popular prints and drawings, posters, and architectural and engineering drawings. While international in scope, the collections are particularly rich in materials produced in, or documenting the history of, the United States and the lives, interests and achievements of the American people. The images selected for this booklet help to show what the town square areas looked like throughout Coles County in the past. Accessed 03.02.09 http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/599_linc.html

American Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

Lincoln, Abraham ~Papers~ ca. 1850-1865 The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consist of 20, 000 documents including incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, notes and printed material. Many of these items include correspondence between Abraham Lincoln and residents of Coles County. Much of these letters were in regard to the copperhead riot and the wellbeing of his family. Accessed 03.02.09 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html