An 1861 job-reference letter from Abraham Lincoln on behalf of a young Black friend and valet provides a glimpse of an ...

Crawford County Civil War Roundtable member Henry Burkholder will present "Team of Rivals" at the group's meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on Liberty Street in Meadville.

British abolitionists recognized the contradiction in the colonists’ position. One of the founders of the abolitionist ...

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 ...

November 6th is a date that has witnessed a variety of significant events throughout history, spanning the realms of politics ...

Christina Shutt, Executive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, joins John Williams to ...