Lincoln Home Historic Furnishings Report

COVER

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

NAME, NUMBER, AND CLASSIFICATION OF STRUCTURE
LOCATION AND PROPOSED USE OF STRUCTURE
PLANNING AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO FURNISHING THE STRUCTURE

FOOTNOTES TO SECTION C

INTRODUCTION
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS
THE LINCOLNS' 1861 SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS
PICTORIAL EVIDENCE OF FIRST FLOOR FURNISHINGS
RECORDED FURNISHINGS - FIRST FLOOR
LINCOLN HOME FURNISHINGS WITH STRONG DOCUMENTATION
     BOOKS:
     CHAIRS:
     CLOCKS:
     HALL STAND:
     LIGHTING DEVICES:
     MIRRORS:
     SECRETARY-DESKS:
     SEWING BASKETS:
     SOFAS:
     TABLES:
     ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE:
FURNISHINGS ASSOCIATED WITH LINCOLN BUT NOT WELL DOCUMENTED
     CHAIRS:
     FOOTSTOOLS:
     LAMPS:
     MIRRORS:
     MUSIC BOXES:
     PEDESTAL STANDS:
     SECRETARIES AND DESKS:
     SOFAS:
     STEREOSCOPE:
     TABLES:
     WHATNOTS:
ACCESSORY FURNISHINGS
     SPRINGFIELD STORE ACCOUNTS:
     BASKET OF APPLES:
     VOLK BUST OF LINCOLN:
     DINNERWARE, ETC.:
LINCOLN FAMILY ARTIFACTS IN OTHER COLLECTIONS
RECORDED KITCHEN FURNISHINGS
     STOVE:
     CUPBOARD:
     KITCHEN PURCHASES:
RECORDED FURNISHINGS - SECOND FLOOR
     PICTORIAL:
     BEDS:
     COMMODES AND DAYBEDS:
     BLANKET CHESTS:
     BUREAUS:
     CHILDREN'S FURNITURE:
     DESKS:
     MIRRORS:
     WARDROBES:
     WASHSTAND, TOILET SET, QUILT, PICTURE, ETC. AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS:
     VANITY:
     DRUGS AND TOILETRIES:
FABRIC PURCHASES
FLOOR COVERINGS
WALLPAPER
FOOTNOTES TO SECTION D

PARLORS: INTRODUCTION
FRONT PARLOR: ROOM A
REAR PARLOR: ROOM B
SITTING ROOM: INTRODUCTION
SITTING ROOM: ROOM C
DINING ROOM: INTRODUCTION
DINING ROOM: ROOM D
KITCHEN-PORCH-STOREROOM: INTRODUCTION
KITCHEN-PORCH-STOREROOM: ROOMS E
FIRST FLOOR HALL: ROOM F
WINDOW HANGINGS: FIRST FLOOR: ROOMS A-D
FLOOR COVERINGS AND WALLPAPER: FIRST FLOOR: ROOMS A-D, F
BEDROOMS: INTRODUCTION
MR. LINCOLN'S BEDROOM: ROOM G
GUEST ROOM: ROOM H
MRS. LINCOLN'S BEDROOM: ROOM I
BOYS' ROOM: ROOM J
MAID'S ROOM: INTRODUCTION
MAID'S ROOM: ROOM K
HALLWAY: SECOND FLOOR: ROOM L
WINDOW HANGINGS: SECOND FLOOR: ROOMS G-L
FLOOR COVERINGS AND WALLPAPER: SECOND FLOOR: ROOMS G-L
FOOTNOTES TO SECTION E

FRONT PARLOR: ROOM A
REAR PARLOR: ROOM B
SITTING ROOM: ROOM C
DINING ROOM: ROOM D
KITCHEN-PORCH-STOREROOM: ROOMS E
FIRST FLOOR HALL: ROOM F
MR. LINCOLN'S BEDROOM: ROOM G
GUEST ROOM: ROOM H
MRS. LINCOLN'S BEDROOM: ROOM I
BOYS' ROOM: ROOM J
MAID'S ROOM: ROOM K
SECOND FLOOR HALL: ROOM L

LIST OF APPENDICES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ILLUSTRATIONS

I. Front Parlor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper March 9, 1861.

II. Back Parlor from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper March 9, 1861.

III. The Sitting Room from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper March 9, 1861.

IV. Parlors draped for Lincoln's Funeral, ca. 1865, attributed to Alfred Waud, Waud Collection, LC-USZ62-68106, Division of Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

V. Unidentified room, possibly South Front Bedroom, ca. 1865, attributed to Alfred Waud, Waud Collection, LC-USZ62-68105, Division of Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

VI. Unidentified room, possibly Lincoln's Bedroom, ca. 1865, attributed to Alfred Waud, Waud Collection, LC-USZ62-68104, Division of Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

VII. Globe Tavern, ca. 1865, attributed to Alfred Waud, Waud Collection, LC-USZ62-68107, Division of Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

VIII. Sofa, Accession No. 1920.246, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.

IX. Mirror, Accession No. 1960.100, Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.

APPENDIX I: J. M. Fordin Affidavit which accompanied sofa (accession no. 1920.246) now at the Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois.

APPENDIX II: Mary Edwards Brown Affidavit, May 2, 1925, Lincoln Home files, Illinois State Historical Society Library.

APPENDIX III: Fannie Somerville Affidavit, December 12, 1934.

APPENDIX IV: Robert Watson Kuecher Affidavit, 1962.

APPENDIX V: Lincoln-Associated Furniture at LIHO.

APPENDIX VI: Articles of Clothing Purchased by the Lincolns in Springfield.

APPENDIX VII: Items loaned to the Illinois State Historical Society Library from 1924 to 1927 from the Oliver R. Barrett Collection.