National News
'Pivotal time:' Museum obtains key 1854 Lincoln letter
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An 1854 letter hinting at Abraham Lincoln's transition from prairie legislator to political powerhouse, donated to the state of Illinois, was unveiled Thursday at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
by Associated Press
Jul. 2 2021 @ 11:05pm
Abraham Lincoln's signature at the bottom of a 1854 handwritten letter donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum by Guy Fraker, of Bloomington, Ill., attorney, author and Lincoln collector, during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Abraham Lincoln's 1854 letter to Elihu Powell says that he has decided not to serve as a state representative again and according to scholars meant that he had his sights on the U.S. Senate. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)