Artifacts
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 12,000 artifacts, statuary, prints, paintings, broadsides, ephemera, photographs, philately, collectibles/miniatures, and numismatics. Materials are housed in 20 map case drawers, 30 cartons, and a variety of loose statuary, prints, and paintings. The collection also includes nearly 100 original manuscripts and the Claude Simmons collection which consists of approximately 12 bankers boxes of Lincoln related materials and scrapbooks. There are also approximately 15,000 books, journals, and pamphlets separated into two collections: the Lincoln Book Collection and the Civil War/Collateral Book Collection.
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Col. Edward D. Baker
John Chester Buttre
The colored engraving features a vignette portrait of Edward D. Baker from the waist up. He is dressed in what is presumably the uniform he wore during the United States Civil War. The engraving is printed on off-white paper that appears to be torn from a bound volume.
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Major General David Hunter Military Comission Pass
John Chester Buttre
The object is a military commission pass dated 1865 and signed by Major General David Hunter, member of the committee that presided over the Lincoln assassination conspiracy trial; It is mounted in a folder with an engraved portrait of Hunter
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Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, a major general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Oval Bust of General Henry Wager Halleck
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of General Henry Wager Halleck, General-in-Chief of all Union armies from July 23, 1862 until Ulysses S. Grant assumed the role on March 9, 1864. The engraving is printed in black in on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of General Winfield Scott
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a bust image of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Major General David Hunter
John Chester Buttre
The steel engraving depicts a portrait of Major General Hunter, Union general and president of the military commission trying the Abraham Lincoln assassination conspirators. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been torn from a bound volume.
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Portrait of James Buchanan
John Chester Buttre
A colorized lithograph of James Buchanan with a signature. This artifact was engraved by John C. Buttre and is framed.
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Portrait of Peter Cartwright
John Chester Buttre
A colorized lithographic portrait of Peter Cartwright with his signature. This colorized lithograph was produced from an engraving by John C. Buttre. framed.
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Theodore Winthrop Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Theodore Winthrop, journalist, novelist, and travel writer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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A. Lincoln Color Engraving
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The color engraving features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. The portrait appears in an oval on off-white paper. Below the image is a facsimile of Lincoln's signature.
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Charles Henry Davis Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Charles Henry Davis, a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and the text is a short biography of his life and career.
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James Shields Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of James Shields, an Irish American Democratic politician and United States Army officer,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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John Adams Dix Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of John Adams Dix, Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York, and Union major general during the Civil War,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Josephy King Fenno Mansfield Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, and a Union general in the American Civil War, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Oval Bust Portrait of Frank P. Blair
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The steel engraving depicts a bust portrait of the Honorable Frank P. Blair, who played an instrumental role in preventing Missouri from being absorbed by the Confederate States. The engraving is printed in black ink on off-white paper. It appears to have been removed from a bound volume.
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Portrait of Edward Everett
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
A colorized lithographic portrait of Edward Everett with a signature. Edward Everett faces the right side of the page.
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Portrait of General Frank P. Blair
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
Colorized lithograph with signature of General Frank P. Blair. This engraving was created from a photograph by Matthew Brady. John C. Buttre created the engraving. This color lithograph is framed.
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Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
A colorized lithographic portrait of Stephen A. Douglas with a signature.
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Portriat of James Shields
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
A colorized lithograph portrait of Brig. General James Shields with a signature. Brig. General James Shields is shown in his military uniform.
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Samuel P. Heintzelman Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Samuel P. Heintzelman, a United States Army general, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Silas Horton Stringham Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Silas Horton Stringham, an officer of the United States Navy ,and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Winfield Scott Hancock Illustration and Biography
John Chester Buttre and Mathew Brady
The object includes a book illustration and accompanying text that have been removed from an unknown book (possibly a 19th century book). The illustration is an engraved portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock, a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880, and the text is a short biography of his life and career. Both are printed on white paper and black ink.
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Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 3rd 1865
John Chester Buttre and L. Hollis
The black and white engraving depicts President Abraham Lincoln walking through a crowd with his son, Tad, in Richmond, Virginia. The crowd is made up of white and black spectators who cheer as the President walks through the street. engraved by John Chester Buttre (American, 1821-1893), drawn by L. Hollis, published by
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Abraham Lincoln Entering Richmond, April 3d. 1865
John Chester Buttre, L. Hollis, and B.B. Russell and Co.
The black and white engraving depicts President Abraham Lincoln walking through a crowd with his son, Tad, in Richmond, Virginia. The crowd is made up of white and black spectators who cheer as the President walks through the street.
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Attack Upon the 6th Mass. Regiment
John Chester Buttre and William Momberger
The engraving features a black and white scene from the Baltimore Riot of 1861, a civil uprising between Confederate sympathizers and members of the primarily Massachusetts state militia regiment en route to the national capital at Washington. The engraving originally appeared in The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War In The United States of America. This particular copy was removed from the bound volume.