An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...
On Nov 6th, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president. And the rest is history.
Abraham Lincoln's 1861 handwritten letter recommending his Black friend William Johnson for a job is now on display at the ...
In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five months later. In 1889, Montana was admitted to the union as the 41st state. In ...