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![[Published letter to General Banks from Lincoln.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcHVibGlzaGVkLWxldHRlci10by1nZW5lcmFsLWJhbmtzLWZyb20tbGluY29sbi1hYTg3ZmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/475/jpg "[Published letter to General Banks from Lincoln.]")
![[Fundraising letter from the Office of the Lincoln National Monument Association].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZnVuZHJhaXNpbmctbGV0dGVyLWZyb20tdGhlLW9mZmljZS1vZi10aGUtbGluY29sbi1uYXRpb25hbC1tb251bWVudC1hc3NvY2lhdGlvbi02OWE0NjgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Fundraising letter from the Office of the Lincoln National Monument Association].")
![[Facsimile of Gettysburg address in Lincoln's hand on an envelope.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvZmFjc2ltaWxlLW9mLWdldHR5c2J1cmctYWRkcmVzcy1pbi1saW5jb2xucy1oYW5kLW9uLWFuLWVudmVsb3BlLTA1MDU2OS02NDAuanBn/40/84/webp "[Facsimile of Gettysburg address in Lincoln's hand on an envelope.]")
![[Postcard of three Lincoln portraits.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDEvcG9zdGNhcmQtb2YtdGhyZWUtbGluY29sbi1wb3J0cmFpdHMtZDhmYmMxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[Postcard of three Lincoln portraits.]")
![[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Lincoln with a manuscript signed note in Lincoln's hand.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvZnJhbWVkLXBob3RvZ3JhcGhzLW9mLWdlbmVyYWwtYW1icm9zZS1ldmVyZXR0LWJ1cm5zaWRlLWFuZC1hYnJhaGFtLWxpbmNvbG4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/47/webp "[Framed photographs of General Ambrose Everett Burnside and Abraham Lincoln with a manuscript signed note in Lincoln's hand.]")
