The complete Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress consists of approximately 20,000 documents

This collection documents the life of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) both through writings by and about Lincoln as well as a large body of publications concerning the issues of the times including slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and related topics. Search this collection to find eleven items related to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, including newspaper articles and political cartoons.

Historic American newspapers selected and contributed by state partners in the National Digital Newspaper Program.

The collection contains, among other materials, posters, playbills, songsheets, notices, invitations, proclamations, petitions, timetables, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos, ballots, tickets, menus, and business cards. There are more than 28,000 items in the collection with 10,172 available online. The material dates from the seventeenth century to the present day and covers innumerable topics. Search this collection to locate broadsides and printed ephemera related to Kansas in the 1850s.

The papers of Ohio governor, Lincoln cabinet official, and Supreme Court justice Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873) span the years 1755-1898, with the bulk of the material originating between 1824 and 1872.