Lincoln and New York October 9, 2009 - March 25, 2010

Presented at the New-York Historical Society

From the launch of Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 campaign with a speech at Cooper Union through the unprecedented outpouring of grief at his funeral procession in 1865, New York City played a surprisingly central role in the career of the sixteenth President—and Lincoln, in turn, had an impact on New York that was vast, and remains vastly underappreciated. Now, for the first time, a museum exhibition will trace the crucial relationship between America’s greatest President and its greatest city, when the New-York Historical Society presents Lincoln and New York. The culminating presentation in the Historical Society’s Lincoln Year of exhibitions, events, and public programs, this extraordinary display of original artifacts, iconic images, and highly significant period documents is the Historical Society’s major contribution to the nation’s Lincoln Bicentennial.