Jonathan White is a professor of American studies at Christopher Newport University and an author. Historians and the general public regularly rank Abraham Lincoln as America’s greatest president.

The movie quickly makes the case that Lincoln’s most intimate relationship was not with Mary Todd, but with his friend of many years, Joshua Speed. Lincoln met Speed, the co-owner of a general store, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. These studies of Abraham Lincoln were ...