The hedge-fund billionaire also paid a record $43.2 million for a copy of the U.S. Constitution four years ago.

Originally issued by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863, the proclamation declared enslaved people in the Confederate ...

Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

The larger-than-life legacy of Abraham Lincoln lies, in part, in the smallest special-collections division of the University ...

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809 in Kentucky. He would go on to rank among the best presidents in U.S. history , and he still makes news headlines when referenced by today's politicians.

Abraham Lincoln’s bloodstained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction By . Associated Press. Published May 22, 2025, 7:37 a.m. ET.

Items that President Abraham Lincoln had the night he was assassinated – including white leather gloves with splatters of blood on them – are up for auction, drawing ire from the collection ...

Abraham Lincoln artifacts to be auctioned to pay off foundation’s debt. The auction — representing 10 percent of the Lincoln Presidential Foundation’s collection — includes the gloves ...

A pair of leather gloves worn by President Abraham Lincoln to Ford’s Theater on the night of his assassination fetched $1.5 million at auction this week, part of a trove of relics from his life ...

More than 1,000 high-resolution photos connected to Abraham Lincoln are now available online through an initiative by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Most of the photos in ...

Abraham Lincoln's bloodstained gloves from Ford's Theatre sold for $1.52 million at auction. Other items included a handkerchief and a "wanted" poster.

Abraham Lincoln issued the "preliminary" Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history, Sept. 22, 1862, announcing the slaves would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863.