Abraham Lincoln is preparing to go to Ford's Theater to see the play "Our American Cousin." The document provides biographical information about Abraham Lincoln, including that he was born on February 12, 1809 in Springfield, Illinois, was a Republican, and came from a very religious family though he did not belong to a church. It also notes that on April 9, 1865, Lincoln said that General Lee had surrendered, ending the Civil War, and includes messages between Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd from 1862 and 1841.