American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

In charge of the Guard of Honor which escorted Lincoln's body from Washington to Springfield, General E. D. Townsend described the journey as &q...

Autograph letter signed to the famous Lincoln collector A. E. Fostell; Toledo, Ohio, May, 1894. Hawk writes: "After years of promise, I at len...

Lt. Col. Henry W. Smith arrested Mary Surratt and Lewis Payne at the Surratt home on April 17, 1865 and shared in the posted reward money for their ca

Doctor Samuel A. Mudd set John Wilkes Booth's broken leg after Lincoln's assassination. He was tried as a conspirator and sentenced to priso...

Beautifully illustrated invitation to Lincoln's second inaugurational ball, March 4th, 1865: with two vignettes of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jo...

John E. Boos of Albany New York (1879-1974) was a widely known collector of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia. This two page, handwritten letter (6 1/2 x 9

The provost marshall of the Police Department of Baltimore, James L. McPhail, would successfully arrest two accomplices of John Wilkes Booth after the

John Arende Bingham (1815-1900) was appointed judge advocate in the U. S. Army with the rank of Major. In June 1865 he made an argument in reply to co

Large (6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch) albumen photo of Lincoln conspirator John Surratt in the Zouave uniform in which he was captured. Scarce image taken by Mat

The City Commissioner's Office of Baltimore, on 17th June 1885, executed this receipt for five dollars to the owner of Ford's Theatre, John ...