Lincoln's "Lost Speech" has been called the most important event in Bloomington history, but the journey to a create a mural ...

In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that has stood the test of time because of the truth it laid plain ...

Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

Anti-Slavery Principles and President Lincoln. Share full article. May 21, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 21, 1864, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s Law but of the doctrine of the Declaration ...

The Thirteenth Amendment (estimated at $8–12 million) and the Emancipation Proclamation (estimated at $3–5 million) are both signed by President Abraham Lincoln. The landmark documents, rarely ...

How Lincoln Bested Douglas in Their Famous Debates The 1858 debates reframed America’s argument about slavery and transformed Lincoln into a presidential contender ...

The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate states to be free. This version, signed in 1864, had been expected to sell for ...

The record-breaking sale comes just a few years after he paid $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution.