Abraham Lincoln Papers: Copyright and Other Restrictions

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For digital images of original manuscripts:

Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, November 8, 1869. Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, D.C.: American Memory Project, [2000-02]), http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html, accessed [supply date here].

For annotated transcriptions, the following example is suggested:

Abraham Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, November 8, 1860. Transcribed and annotated by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division (Washington, D.C.: American Memory Project, [2000-02]), http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alhome.html, accessed [supply date here].

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Electronic Sources on the Learning Page.