The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
Search documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln in this project that identifies, transcribes, annotates, and publishes them.
About The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a documentary editing project that identifies, images, transcribes, annotates, and publishes online documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his lifetime (1809-1865).
The site allows searching of transcription text and Author, Recipient, and Subject fields, alone or combined, with punctuation and word order ignored. Date searching supports an exact date or an earliest-to-latest range, and returns documents with uncertain dates that may fall within the range.
Key features
- Search words in document transcription text
- Search by Author, Recipient, or Subject fields
- Combine searches across different fields
- Search by exact document creation date
- Search by earliest and latest date range
- Publish imaged, transcribed, and annotated Lincoln documents
- Covers documents written by and to Lincoln from 1809-1865
- Combines document imaging, transcription, and annotation
- Supports combined field searches and date-range searches
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln at a glance
- Website
- papersofabrahamlincoln.org
- Category
- Research & Data › Academic Search
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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