<<Abraham Lincoln.>> - Isaac Markens Archive.

<<Isaac Markens>> (1846-1928) was a significant scholar of American-Jewish history. <<Markens sought to prove that President Abraham Lincoln had Jewish roots.>> For his obituary prepared by the American Jewish Historical Society see: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43059647. <<Archive contents:>> <<*>> Abraham Lincoln and the Jews. By Isaac Markens. 1909. Inscribed, “Isaac Markens/Personal volume/ For my dear wife”. Additionally inscribed, “For Eddie and Cora/ November 30 1922/ Father”; and “12-18-47/ For my Dear Nephew, Saul/ Aunt Cora Markens”. pp. 60. <<*>> President Lincoln and the Case of John Y.Beall. By Isaac Markens, 1911. pp. 11. <<*>> Why President Lincoln Spared Three Lives. pp. 6. By Isaac Markens. 1911. <<*>> Lincoln’s Masterpiece. A Review of the Gettysburg Address New in Treatment and Matter. By Isaac Markens. Written on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Delivery of the Address at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Opening blank: “Special Autograph Edition of One Hundred Copies, No.1” signed by Markens. pp. 26pp. <<*>> Miss Rutherford’s Scrap Book. “Valuable Information About the South, The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Athens, Georgia, 1924. pp. 24. Signed and annotated by Markens. <<*>> Lincoln’s Gettysburg Oration. Broadside issued by the Newark Public Library, annotated by Markens. <<*>> Typescript: Abraham Lincoln, His Religion. Heavily annotated by Markens. <<*>> Typescript: Abraham Lincoln His Military Knowledge. Heavily annotated by Markens. <<*>> Letter Signed by Charles F.D.Belden, Director of The Boston Public Library to Markens, Oct. 30, 1926. Cites source for quote of “Government of all the people.” <<*>> Lincoln and Seward. With note to Markens, 1926, from Dr. F.W. Seward sending this copy and stating it was written by his father. <<*>> Abraham Lincoln, by Emanuel Hertz. Inscribed to Markens. <<*>> Typescript: Lincoln and the Jews. Delivered over WRNY, Hotel Roosevelt, September 2, 1928, by Emmanuel Hertz. Notes the death of Isaac Markens and his contributions to Lincoln scholarship relating to the Jews.