Ostendorf, Lloyd. Just before Christmas in 1837, Abraham Lincoln does his holiday shopping in Springfield at A. Y. Ellis & Company on the west side of the Square where his intimate friend, Joshua Fry Speed, is a partner with Abner Y. Ellis and James Bell. Above this store Lincoln shared a sleeping room with Speed. This firm sold general merchandise., 1905-05-18, Item 1, Box: 4, Folder: 157. Dwight B. Waldo Lincoln Collection, RH-A-3651. Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections. https://aspace.library.wmich.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/32618 Accessed November 24, 2024.