John O'connor Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, hugs Guy Fraker, of Bloomington, Ill., attorney, author and Lincoln collector, after a ceremony in which he donated a 1854 handwritten letter from Lincoln for the collection of the ALPLM during a ceremony at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, July 1, 2021. Abraham Lincoln's 1854 letter to Elihu Powell says that he has decided not to serve as a state representative again and according to scholars meant that he had his sights on the U.S. Senate. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP) July 01, 2021 - 2:56 PM