4,127 research outputs found
Letters from George Washington Walker, Hobart, Tasmania to Abraham Charles Flower
No full textFour letters written by George Washington Walker, Hobart, Tasmania to Abraham Charles Flower dated between 1847 and 1850. Abraham Charles Flower (alias Richard Edwards) was transported as a convict to Sarah Island, Macquarie Harbour , Tasmania in 1830. He was one of three convicts converted to Quakerism by Backhouse and Walker. One convict, Henry Propsting, joined the Friends in 1836 and took a prominent part in Quaker activities, another went to Sydney as an assigned servant to James Backhouse, and the third, Flower, after a chequered career was last heard of near Castlemaine in Victoria. From: Walker Private Deposit W9/A1(25) letters 13-1
Abraham Lincoln check to William Johnson
No full textDated January 7, 1861, this is a check written by President-elect Abraham Lincoln for $20 for the Springfield Marine and Fire Insurance Company to William Johnson, an African American servant and barber who served as Lincoln's personal valet and whom Lincoln took with him to Washington, DC. An accompanying note indicates that Lincoln then had to find another job for Johnson, who at the time would have been the only African American servant in the White House
'Abraham Lincoln' handwritten article by Cyrus Walker for the Grand Prairie Grange
No full textCyrus Walker was the oldest son of the early Oregon Territory missionaries Elkanah and Mary Richardson Walker. He grew up at Tshimakain in the 1830s-40s, where he learned the native Spokane language. After joining the U.S. army during the Civil War and then attempting to make a living as a farmer, he became a teacher at the Warm Springs Indian Agency. These letters, documents and clippings shed light on his experiences as a missionary, a soldier, a pioneer and a teacher at Warm Springs. This collection was donated to Pacific University by Betty Thorne, a descendant of the Walkers
Abraham Briansky
No full textAbraham Briansky, born June 9, 1906, in Moscow, Russia, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Interviewers: Stephen Cohen and Natalie Lederman. Notetaker: Ann Walker. Holocaust Center, Peabody, Massachusetts
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Poster
No full textText reads “Americana. Catalogue Four. Rest, Spirit, Rest. Grand Requiem March.” A Sketch of Abraham Lincoln with text below reads "To the memory of Abraham Lincoln by E. Hoffman, Author of Mocking Bird, Trinity Chimes, & c.
Heritage Society (Houston)
No full textTranscribed text for a document from Abraham Groesbeck granting William M. Rice a tract of land within Walker County
Heritage Society (Houston)
No full textA document from Abraham Groesbeck granting William M. Rice a tract of land within Walker County
Statement: Lincoln in Fulton County (Incomplete)
No full textStatement of apparent interview of Newton Walker talking about Lincoln in Fulton County, typed, 3 page
He’s Gone to the Arms of Abraham
No full text80.7568.491 - “He’s Gone to the Arms of Abraham”: Winner, Sep.: Lee & Walker: 1863: Voice and Piano
Abraham Lincoln presidential election ticket
No full textA presidential election ticket from the United States presidential election of 1864, to promote the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln, the National Union Party candidate, and his vice presidential running mate, Andrew Johnson, throughout Ohio. Text reads “Ohio Union Presidential Ticket. For President, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. For Vice President, Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. Electors. John M. Connell, At Large. John P. Biehn, At Large. 1st District – John K. Green. 2nd District – Stanley Matthews. 3rd District – Lewis B. Gunckel. 4th District – Stephen Johnston. 5th District – William L. Walker. 6th District – Mills Gardner. 7th District – Henry W. Smith. 8th District – Ozias Bowen. 9th District – Jacob Scroggs. 10th District – William Sheffield. 11th District – George A. Waller. 12th District – Henry F. Page. 13th District – James R. Stanbery. 14th District – John H. McCombs. 15th District – Frederick W. Wood. 16th District – Lorenzo Danford.17th District – John McCook. 18th District – Seth Marshall. 19th District – Abner Kellogg.” An illustration at the top features weapons and other military symbols, with the words "A vigorous prosecution of the War, and no compromise under the guns of rebels.
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