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Admission is always free!

2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

The museum's main entrance is located on the corner of First Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE. Other entrances have variable hours.

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Lincoln from Postmaster to President

Celebrating Lincoln through Stamps and Postal History

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Lincoln from Postmaster to President
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Lincoln from Postmaster to President

Birthplace
Postmaster Lincoln
The 1858 Senate Race
Those Who Deny Freedom to Others
- Honoring Lincoln in His Own Words
The 1860 Republican Nomination
The 1860 Presidential Election
A Suggestion for Lincoln
Lincoln's First Act as President
Secretary of State Henry Seward
Lincoln's Postmaster General
- Lincoln Consults His Cabinet
Patriotic Covers
- The Fight Continues
The Emancipation Proclamation
- Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
The Battle of Gettysburg
- Four Score and Seven Years Ago
- Commemorating the Gettysburg Address
1864 Election
Clara Barton and President Lincoln
General Lee Surrenders to General Grant
13th Amendment
Lincoln's Assassination
- Mourning Stamp
- Lincoln Memorial
- Mount Rushmore
An International Admirer
Invoking Lincoln's Image
Acknowledgements
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Lincoln from Postmaster to President

Birthplace
Postmaster Lincoln
The 1858 Senate Race
Those Who Deny Freedom to Others
- Honoring Lincoln in His Own Words
The 1860 Republican Nomination
The 1860 Presidential Election
A Suggestion for Lincoln
Lincoln's First Act as President
Secretary of State Henry Seward
Lincoln's Postmaster General
- Lincoln Consults His Cabinet
Patriotic Covers
- The Fight Continues
The Emancipation Proclamation
- Celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
The Battle of Gettysburg
- Four Score and Seven Years Ago
- Commemorating the Gettysburg Address
1864 Election
Clara Barton and President Lincoln
General Lee Surrenders to General Grant
13th Amendment
Lincoln's Assassination
- Mourning Stamp
- Lincoln Memorial
- Mount Rushmore
An International Admirer
Invoking Lincoln's Image
Acknowledgements
Outline

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Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Open daily 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Admission is always free!

2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E.
Washington, DC 20002

The museum's main entrance is located on the corner of First Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE. Other entrances have variable hours.

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