In honor of Presidents Day, we wanted to share recent items found while processing archival materials from the Chicago Theological Seminary. The sermon titled, "Lincoln's Death" is part of the Reverend D. M. Fisk Collection. It's dated April 16, 1865, just two days after President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. with Mary Todd Lincoln. Another undated, but apparently contemporaneous, address in the same collection is titled "Abraham Lincoln – His Life and Place in American History" and goes on to contextualize Lincoln's presidency, his legacy, and the state of the nation. These items, among others from the Rev. D. M. Fisk Collection are in the midst of being processed and made available for research by the Congregational Library’s archivists. Stay tuned for more information!
-Cristina
Lincoln portrait courtesy of Fotopedia through a Creative Commons license.
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