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Collection Reference Number GLC01306
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865-1929 
Title Memorial address on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln
Date 12 February 1866
Author Bancroft, George (1800-1891)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Delivered before Congress in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Printed by the Government Printing Office. With "Correspondence Relating to the Memorial Address," printed beginning on page 73.
Subjects President  Death  Lincoln Assassination  
People Bancroft, George (1800-1891)  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; The Presidency
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Bancroft was an American historian and a public official. He wrote the monumental, A History of the United States, a 10 volume history that he later reduced to six.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945