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Abraham Lincoln Collection: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2017 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved.

Abraham Lincoln Collection: mssLincoln 1 Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Abraham Lincoln collection Dates (inclusive): 1811-1922 Collection Number: mssLincoln Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Extent: 341 items in 7 boxes and 1 oversize box, plus 15 bound volumes (10.75 linear feet). Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: Collection of various papers by and about the sixteenth President of the assembled at the Huntington Library, with the Lincolniana collected by Henry E. Huntington as its core. The collection incorporated manuscripts from the collections of William Harrison Lambert and Judd Stewart, and was augmented by various purchases from sales in 1916-1919. Language: English. Access RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Abraham Lincoln collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance The collection was assembled from various sources. Some items received together in purchase from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918. Purchased from the William Harrison Lambert collection of Lincolniana (lot 437) through the agency of George D. Smith, January 14-16, 1914. Purchased from the Lambert Civil War collection (lot 637), March 9-10, 1914. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale (lot 195), January 25-26, 1917. Biographical Note Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States. Scope and Content This collection of various papers by and about the sixteenth President of the United States assembled at the Library, with the Lincolniana collected by Henry E. Huntington as its core. The collection incorporated manuscripts from the collections of William Harrison Lambert and Judd Stewart, and was augmented by various purchases from sales in 1916-1919. Included are autograph letters and documents covering Lincoln's business affairs, legal practices, political career, and family. There are also materials related to historical studies about Lincoln, especially those by John Milton Hay and William Henry Herndon, the 1917-1918 controversy over the statue of Lincoln by George Grey Grubb Barnard, and the collectors of Lincolniana, particularly William Harrison Lambert and Judd Stewart. Correspondents include Daniel Fish, John Milton Hay, William Henry Herndon, Abraham Lincoln, , Robert Todd Lincoln, and Judd Stewart. Arrangement Box 1 is comprised of legal papers. Boxes 2-7 are comprised of correspondence and manuscripts and arranged chronologically. Note that descriptions of items in box 7, oversize box 8, and the bound items are not included in this finding aid, however cards for individual items are filed in chronological and alphabetical sections of the Library's Manuscript Catalog. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Personal Names Barnard, George Grey, 1863-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation. Fish, Daniel, 1848-1924 -- Archives.

Abraham Lincoln Collection: mssLincoln 2 Finding Aid Hay, John, 1838-1905 -- Archives. Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891 -- Archives. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Archives. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Collectors and collecting. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Statues. Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882 -- Archives. Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 -- Archives. Stewart, Judd, 1867-1920, collector. Subjects Autographs -- Collectors and collecting -- United States. Biographers -- United States -- Archives. Manuscripts, American -- Collectors and collecting. Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence. Forms/Genres Biographies -- United States. Collections -- United States. Alternate Authors Baker, Philip R., donor. Lambert, William H. (William Harrison), 1842-1912, collector. Fish, Daniel, 1848-1924. Hay, John, 1838-1905. Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891. Lambert, William H. (William Harrison), 1842-1912, former owner. Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882. Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926. Stewart, Judd, 1867-1919, former owner.

Legal papers

Box 1 Legal Papers, 1838-1858 1838 September 27. . Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Albert G. Williams vs John M. Cabaniss and George L. Cabaniss. Declaration; copy of the instrument declared on, and assignment thereon. HM 3112 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln for Plff." Identified in prov. Card as Note: "The Julia W. Howe & Dr. S. G. Howe copy, Dec. 20-21, 1917, no. 303.

[1839 June 22?]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). James Bell & Co. v. Garrett Elkin. Praecipe. HM 1745 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln." Judd Stewart Collection

[1839]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Jared B. Ford & Mary Ford v. John Ford & John Ford. On petition to sell real estate, Stephen A. Douglas appointed guardian ad litum. HM 2128 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, unsigned. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

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1840 [April 21] July term. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Wharton Randell v. Goodrich Lightfoot & Henry Lightfoot. Declaration; copy of note sued on. HM 3111 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln, p.q." Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 194), January 25-26, 1917.

1840 July [3]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Gershom Jayne v. John N. Ely. Narrative. HM 2130 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 2 pages. Signed S. T. Logan, p.q." Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1841 March 9. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). William B. Crane v. Samuel Grubb. Bill in chancery. HM 3113 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 3 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln; signed "Logan & Lincoln for Complnt." With added note on back, also signed. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, George P. Marsh sale (lot 262), March 19-20, 1919.

1841 July 9. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Deed from John White to John Constant for real estate in and near Springfield, Illinois. HM 3159 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, notarized by William Lavely, Justice of the Peace. Purchased from the Gunther sale, part 3 (lot 132), November 1919.

[1843 October 25]. Affleck, Thomas. The separate answer of Thomas Affleck to a bill in chancery filed against him and one Hiram Rutherford by James Alexander, administrator of John H. McClelland, deceased. HM 3136 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 4 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln; followed with a note by the complainant. Judd Stewart Collection

1843 December 9. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Robert S. Todd vs Nathaniel A. Ware. Affidavit of Abraham Lincoln, one of the solicitors in the above entitled cause. HM 1741 Autograph document signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, signed "A. Lincoln"; followed by a motion to rule signed "Logan & Lincoln, p.q." Transcribed in The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Press, 2008), vol. 1: 327. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 437), January 14-16, 1914.

1845 March 3. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Thomas M. Hope, who sues for the use of Joseph E. Norwood vs. Isaac W. Beebee, Edmund D. Taylor, & David Kreigh Praecipe. HM 3127 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, signed "Lincoln & Herndon, p.q."

1846 November 12. Cooper, Hugh K. Affidavit of Hugh K. Cooper in a suit in chancery, brought by him against Isaac W. Crosby and Silas W. Robbins. HM 3110 Sangamon County, Illinois. Document, signed. 2 pages. Body of the document in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale (lot 195), January 25-26, 1917.

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1847 November [19]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Cabaniss ads Reeves & Co. General replication & joinder … to all pleas … HM 2132 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 2 pages. With signatures "S.T. Logan, p.q." and "Stuart & Edwards, p.d." Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1849 February 12. Corcoran & Riggs (firm). Check drawing in favor of A. Lincoln. HM 1738 Washington, D.C. Document, signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln and Joseph H. Berry. Described in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 445. Judd Stewart Collection

1851 August 12. [Illinois. Coles County]. Deed from Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln to John D. Johnston for 80 acres in Coles County, Illinois. HM 3101 Springfield, Illinois. Document, signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln and signed "A. Lincoln, M. Lincoln." With verso on separate leaf and docket. Purchased from George D. Smith, March 3, 1920.

[1851 October 28]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Edgar County). David Baily ads Samuel Davidson. Plea. HM 1737 [Paris, Illinois]. Document, signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln and signed "Lincoln, p.d." Also signed for the plaintiff by Kirby Benedict, Atty." Previously enclosed in: 1897 July 16 letter from Jesse W. Weik to Nast.

[1853 August 20]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Two envelopes addressed to Ward Hill Lamon. LN 2369 (1-2) [Springfield, Illinois]. Autograph document signed. 2 items. Two envelopes, 8 x 14 cm, stamped and postmarked from Springfield. The postmark for LN 2369 (1) is partially illegible; LN 2369 (2) is postmarked Aug 20 1953.

[Approximately 1854 February]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County, Illinois, and Parke. Brief. LN 2367 [Springfield, Illinois]. Autograph document unsigned. 4 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Transcribed in The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008), vol. 2: 389.

[1854 April 25]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Woodford County). John Jackson v. William Whorrall. Notice to take deposition. HM 3058 [Metamora, Illinois]. Document, signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, signed "Lincoln, for Deft." Acquired from Ellen Scriven, April 4, 1924.

[1854 May]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Vermillion County). Eleanor Smith v. Septimus Smith. Bill in chancery. LN 2366 [Danville, Illinois]. Autograph document signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln; signed "Lincoln & Lamon, for Complainant."

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[1855 October 6]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Tazewell County). Lucy Matthews v. Josiah Matthews; Josiah Matthews v. Lucy Matthews. Decree of Court in divorce case. HM 3140 [Pekin, Illinois]. Document, signed. 1 page. Text in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln; signed by judge, "D. Davis." Judd Stewart Collection

1855 November 8. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Nancy J. Pea v. Greenberry Williams. Declaration. HM 1740 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, signed. 4 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln, signed "Lincoln & Herndon, p.q." Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 446), January 14-16, 1914.

1855 December 10. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). McDaniel et al v. Correll et al. Will case. LN 2364 [Springfield, Illinois]. Autograph document. 16 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Transcribed in The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008), vol. 3: 106.

1856 January 24. Lacock, Hanah. Receipt to Lincoln & Lamon (firm) for $40 for a judgment recovered against the Great Western Rail Road Company. LN 2374 Danville, Illinois. Document, signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Ward Hill Lamon, signed "By D. Lacock."

[1856 February]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Points applicable to all cases: Hildreth vs Turner, Mayers & Mayers vs Turner; Mayers & Mayers vs Turner. LN 2368 Autograph document unsigned. 2 pages.

1856 March 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Opinion concerning the validity of land titles in Beloit, Wisconsin. LN 2387 [Springfield, Illinois]. Autograph document signed. 7 pages. Signed "A. Lincoln."

[After 1856?]. Illinois. Circuit Court (Sangamon County). Mary Ann Hillman v. John Hillman, et al. Bill in chancery. LN 2363 Document, unsigned. 5 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln.

[1858 January]. United States. Circuit Court (Illinois : Southern District). DeWitt C. Gale v. Morgan County Bank. Notes on a suit in assumpsit. LN 2365 [Springfield, Illinois]. Document, unsigned. 7 pages. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln.

1858 April 24. Illinois. Circuit Court (Champaign County). Samuel A. Harvey & others v. Archa Campbell & others. Judgment. HM 1739 [Urbana, Illinois] Document, unsigned. 1 page. In the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Authenticated in the margin by W.H. Somers, Clerk of the Court; with docketed envelope. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection second section (lot 558), April 1-3, 1914.

Correspondence and manuscripts

Box 2 1813-1858

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1813 June 20. Todd, Eliza Ann (Parker). Letter to Andrew Porter. HM 28554 Lexington, Kentucky. Letter from Eliza Todd (Mary Todd Lincoln's mother) to her grandfather. Gift of Philip R. Baker, December 1965.

1832 September 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Honorable discharge for David M. Pantier, private in the Company of Mounted Volunteers. HM 1744 Autograph document signed. 1 page. Printed document filled out and signed. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 431), January 14-16, 1914.

1836 October 6. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to Ira J. Fenn. HM 22643 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 52. Judd Stewart Collection

1836 [Lincoln, Abraham]. Notes for a 12-acre tract [in Sangamon County, Illinois?]. HM 1736 Autograph document. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 44. Andrew Boyd Collection, Lambert pt. 4, 547.

1837 April 19. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Levi Davis. HM 22650 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 77. Judd Stewart Collection

1838 April 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Mrs. O. H. Browning [Eliza Caldwell Browning]. HM 25119 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 5 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 117. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 434), January 14-16, 1914.

1839 November 14. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John Todd Stuart. HM 25143 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 154. Judd Stewart Collection

1840 January 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John Todd Stuart. HM 23469 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 184. Stan V. Henkels, 1894, April 24-26 (Charles Colcock Jones sale); Lambert Sale, Lincolniana, 1st, 1914 January 14-16, item no 437.

[1848 June 20]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Fragment of envelope addressed to R. S. Thomas. HM 3107 [Washington, D.C.] Addressed in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln. Judd Stewart Collection; A.A.A. sale, December 6-7, 1921 #417.

1848 July 14. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John Hogan. HM 22648 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 1: 499-500. Judd Stewart Collection

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1848 December 7. Lincoln, Thomas. Letter to Abraham Lincoln [FACSIMILE]. FAC 119 Coles County, Illinois. 2 pages. Printed reproduction of a letter in the handwriting of John D. Johnston, followed by a letter from Johnston to Lincoln (2 pages). Presented by Alexander W. Hannah, February 12, 1930.

1848 December 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to "My dear father" [Thomas Lincoln]. HM 25385 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Followed by a letter from Abraham Lincoln to John D. Johnston (autograph letter signed, 3 pages). Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 15-16. Bixby

1849 January 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Messrs. Gales & Seaton. HM 22652 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 24.

1849 May 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Caleb B. Smith. HM 25140 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 46. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 441), January 14-16, 1914.

1849 May 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Duff Green. HM 22653 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 49-50. Judd Stewart Collection

1849 November 17. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Josiah M. Lucas. LN 2351 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Formerly HM 5769 Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 67.

[1850]. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David M. Irwin. HM 22658 Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Preceded by a bill statement to the heirs of Payne, 1844-1850, on the same page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 69-70. Judd Stewart Collection

1854 June 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Oliver L. Davis. HM 22666 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With a memorandum re: a deed for a right of way and three-line annotation in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln (1 page) and an addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 220.

1855 April 14. Cossens, Isaac. To Lincoln & Lamon (Firm). Retainer in a suit against Joshua Parish for slander. LN 2350 Document signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of Ward Hill Lamon.

1855 August 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Owen Lovejoy. HM 23995 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 316-5. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 445), January 14-16, 1914.

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1856 June 7. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25103 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 342-3. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 451), January 14-16, 1914.

1856 August 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25104 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 359-60. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 452), January 14-16, 1914.

1856 September 8. Lincoln & Lamon (firm). Receipt of note left for collection by David Holeman. LN 2370 Document signed. 2 pages. On the reverse: receipted by David Holeman. Formerly HM 3147.

1856 December 15. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Orville H. Browning. HM 23980 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 386. Bixby

1857 July 19. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Gustav Koerner. HM 22657 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 410-11. Anderson cat. #1248: 194. Sale of Lincolniana, November 13-14, 1916 via Judd Stewart Collection

1857 August 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to B. Clarke Lundy. HM 3557 Springfield, Illinois. Copy of letter. 2 pages. Copy in the hand of Charles W. McLelland. Letter was enclosed in: McLelland, Charles W. Letter to Judd Stewart, 1912 June 10. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 412-3. Judd Stewart Collection

1857 November 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25102 , Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 427. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 453), January 14-16, 1914.

1857 December 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25101 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 428. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 454), January 14-16, 1914.

1857 December 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25100 Bloomington, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 430. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 455), January 14-16, 1914.

1858 March 8. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Owen Lovejoy. HM 22663 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 435-6. Anderson Cat #1280: 882; Huntington-Bixby Sale, February 1917.

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1858 April 14. Hanna, W. H. Letter to Ward Hill Lamon. LN 994 Bloomington, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page.

1858 June 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ward Hill Lamon. LN 2362 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. With stamped and addressed cover. Formerly HM 5170. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 458-9.

1858 June 23. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 23999 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 2: 471-2. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 456), January 14-16, 1914.

1858 December 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 23998 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 344-5. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 457), January 14-16, 1914.

Box 3 1859-1860 1859 January 28. Trumbull, Lyman. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23996 Washington, D.C. Autograph draft of letter signed. 4 pages. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 459), January 14-16, 1914.

1859 January 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 23997 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 351. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 458), January 14-16, 1914.

1859 February 3. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25113 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 355-6. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 460), January 14-16, 1914.

1859 June 21. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Charles Ambos. HM 22656 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 386. Judd Stewart Collection

1859 July 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Frederick C. W. Koehnle. HM 25141 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 391. Judd Stewart Collection

1859 August 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to D. J. Powers. HM 22664 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 397. Judd Stewart Collection

1859 November 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25112 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 495. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 461), January 14-16, 1914.

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1859 December 25. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25111 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 512-3. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 462), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 February 21. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John Olney. HM 22669 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 3: 521. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 March 16. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25110 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 32. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 463), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 March 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25109 Chicago, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 34. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 464), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 March 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ward Hill Lamon. LN 2361 Chicago, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Formerly HM 5178. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 34-5.

1860 April 7. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25108 Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 40. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 465), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 April 24. [Trumbull, Lyman]. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 25107 Washington, D.C. Autograph draft of letter unsigned. 7 pages. Incomplete. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 466), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 April 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25106 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 45-6. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 467), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 May 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25105 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 47. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 468), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 May 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25114 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 55-6. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 469), January 14-16, 1914.

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1860 May 31. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25115 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 59. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 470), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 June 2. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lieut. H. Buck, Jr. HR 235 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph note signed. 1 page. Response to request for autograph with 3 x 2.5 cm oval photograph of Lincoln pasted on lower margin. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 68. Harbeck Collection

1860 June 4. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Samuel Haycraft. HM 22651 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. With addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 69-70.

1860 June 4. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Joseph C. Abbott. HM 22670 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 68. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 June 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25121 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 71. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 471), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 August 2. Batcheller, George S. Letter to J. C. Ormsby. HM 7112 Saratoga Springs, Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Campaign letterhead containing printed portrait of Abraham Lincoln at upper left. With handwritten postscript: "Vote for Honest Old Abe!" Judd Stewart Collection

1860 August 16. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to George Gilman Fogg. HM 22644 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Letter includes clipping pasted on first page. With addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 96. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 August 16. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Samuel Haycraft. HM 25142 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. With stamped, addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 97. Judd Stewart Collection

[1860 August 16]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Envelope addressed to Samuel Haycraft. HM 3125 [Springfield, Illinois]. Stamped, addressed envelope in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln; postmarked August 16, 1860.

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[1860 August 22]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Letter to [Samuel Haycraft]. HM 25155 [Springfield, Illinois]. Autograph letter. 1 page. The date, addressee, salutation, and signature are cut off and filled in on second sheet by a contemporary hand (). With stamped, addressed envelope, postmarked August 23, 1860. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 99. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 August 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to George Gilman Fogg. HM 22642 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 102. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 September 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Mrs. M. J. Green. HM 22647 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 118. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 September 25. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John M. Brockman. HM 22668 Springfield, Illinois. Contemporary copy of letter. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 121.

1860 September 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Nehemiah Day Sperry. HM 22667 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 121-2. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 October 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David Hunter. HM 23994 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Headed: "Private & Confidential." With stamped, addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 132. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 32), January 25-26, 1917.

1860 October 31. Fogg, George Gilman. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 25266 New York, New York. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. On "Presidential Campaign of 1860" letterhead.

1860 October 31. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to George Gilman Fogg. HM 22645 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 135. Judd Stewart Collection; from Anderson Cat. #1248: 199; sale of Lincolniana, November 13-14, 1916.

1860 November 13. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Letter to Samuel Haycraft. HM 25144 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter. 1 page. The closing and signature have been cut off. Headed "Private & Confidential." With stamped, addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 139. Judd Stewart Collection

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1860 November 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Alexander H. Stephens. HM 20002 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Note: the library also has a forgery of this letter (see HM 20001). Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 146. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 531), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1860 December 10. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25116 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 149-50. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 472), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 December 14. Stephens, Alexander Hamilton. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 25192 Crawfordville, Georgia Autograph draft of letter signed. 2 pages. Judd Stewart Collection

1860 December 17. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25120 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter. 1 page. The signature has been cut off. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 153. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 473), January 14-16, 1914.

1860 December 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Alexander Hamilton Stephens. HM 22646 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Headed: "For your own eye only." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 160. Judd Stewart Collection

[1860 December 22?]. Lincoln, Abraham. Fragment of letter cover addressed to Alexander Hamilton Stephens. HM 3122 1 page. Portion of envelope with address and Lincoln's signature. Possibly envelope for 1860 December 22 letter to Stephens (HM 22646). Judd Stewart Collection

1860 December 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lyman Trumbull. HM 25117 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 162. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 474), January 14-16, 1914.

[Approximately 1860]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Note to unidentified recipient on visiting card. HM 1742 Autograph note unsigned on card. 8.5 x 5 cm. 1 card. "A. Lincoln" visiting card with penciled note in handwriting of Abraham Lincoln: "Want to see you but will, call again if you are busy." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 419. Judd Stewart Collection

Box 4 1861

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[1861 February 22]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Copy of speech at the flag-raising before Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. HM 13481 Copy. 1 page. In the handwriting of William Harrison Lambert. Speech text published in the Philadelphia Inquirer (February 23, 1861, published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 8: 241-2. Judd Stewart Collection

[1861 February]. Washington, inhabitants of. Petition to A. Lincoln recommending B. B. French as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia. HM 2121 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Contains 63 signatures. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

[1861 February]. Washington, inhabitants of. Petition to A. Lincoln recommending B. B. French as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia. HM 2124 Document signed. 1 page. Contains 23 signatures. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

[1861 March 5]. Department of State. Envelope, with seal, that contained the commission of as Secretary of the Navy. WE 225 (envelope for) 1 item. Received with WE 225 (oversize).

1861 March 12. [Chase, Salmon Portland]. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23404 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Endorsed by George Harrington. Bixby

1861 March 15. Taylor, William H. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23715 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Re: Judge William F. Lockwood for Chief Justice. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 March 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Salmon Portland Chase]. HM 22679 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 292. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 March 19. Lincoln, Abraham. Military commission to Thomas William Sweeny as in the . SW 259 Document signed. 50 x 40 cm. 1 page. Signed by Abraham Lincoln and . Gift of Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 13 ,1959.

1861 March 22. Walter, Charles. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23711 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 March 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Gideon Welles]. WE 226 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With attachment: notes in unidentified hand to War Department and Navy Department (1 page). A different copy is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 4: 301. Henkels, 5, 1924.

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1861 April 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Salmon Portland Chase. HM 22680 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 327. Anderson cat. #1248: 200, Lincolniana sale, Nov. 13, 14, 1916 via Judd Stewart Collection

[1861] April 13. Burnett, Mrs. M. A. Letter to [Mary Todd Lincoln]. HM 23727 New Albany. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Endorsed: "Judge Sup. Cout. vice McLean & Sullivan of Madison, Inda." Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 April 15. Bingham, John Armour. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 3630 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. With envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln: 'Nebraska, McMath-" Bixby, 1918.

1861 April 27. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to "Whom it may concern." HM 22681 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Re: H. V. Sullivan. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 348.

1861 May 6. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Letter to Hannibal Hamlin. HM 22672 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter. 1 page. Signature is cut away. Followed by note: "The above letter was written by Abraham Lincoln to me but the signature has been cut off and given away. Hannibal Hamlin, April 1889." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 357-8. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 May 16. Chase, Salmon Portland. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23405 [Washington, D.C.]. Contemporary copy. 2 pages. Bixby

1861 May 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Simon Cameron]. HM 22683 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 374. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 May 25. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ephraim and Phoebe Ellsworth. HM 25383 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Addressed "To the Father and Mother of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 385-386. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 May 20. Thomasson, Charles L. Letter to [Abraham Lincoln]. HM 23247 Louisville, Kentucky. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Speed and Abraham Lincoln, June 3, 1861. AA412 sale held Dec 6-7, 1921, Judd Stewart Collection

1861 June 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Note: "The bearer of this, W. H. Lamon, is entirely reliable, and trust-worthy." LN 2359 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 395. Lamon Collection

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1861 June 17. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Gideon Welles]. HM 22684 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 411. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 June 22. [Lamon, Ward Hill]. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. LN 519 Camp Lamon, Williamsport, . Autograph letter. 2 pages. Author's copy.

1861 June 25. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ward Hill Lamon. LN 2358 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With franked, addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 416.

1861 July 5. Hochstetter, J. J. Letter to [Abraham Lincoln]. HM 23714 Nebraska City. Letter signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Royal Buck. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 July 8. Morgan, Edwin Dennison. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 25196 New York, New York. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. On verso of 2nd leaf: Lincoln, Abraham. Note [to Hannibal Hamlin]: "Will the Vice-President please please procure Professor Hitchcock to preach, as indicated by Gov. Morgan! Yours as ever A. Lincoln" [Autograph note signed]. With 8 x 5.5. photograph of Morgan. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection second section (lot 562), April 1-3, 1914.

1861 July 19. Cameron, Simon. Letter to [Abraham Lincoln]. HM 25197 [Washington, D.C.]. Letter signed. 1 page. On verso of last leaf: Lincoln, Abraham. Note of 19 lines, 1861 July 19. Lincoln's note is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 4: 454. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 July 22. Hampton, Moses. Letter to [Abraham Lincoln]. HM 23710 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Re: John J. Jackson, Jr., for District Judge for the Western District of Virginia. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 July 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Simon Cameron]. HM 25146 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 463. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 August 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Note: "Is there anything in the 'marble line' which could be given Mr. Rutherford?" HM 3114 Autograph note signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 496. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 August 29. French, Benjamin Brown. Letter to E. C. Carrington. HM 25195 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. On verso of last leaf: Lincoln, Abraham. Note to . 1861 September 14 (autograph note signed). Lincoln's note is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 4: 522. Judd Stewart Collection

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1861 September 5. Logan, David. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. LN 1165 Portland, Oregon. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages.

1861 September 28. Phelps, E. P. Letter to [Abraham Lincoln]. HM 23935 Alexandria, Virginia. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. On verso of last leaf: Lincoln, Abraham. Note. 1861 September 30 (autograph note signed). Lincoln's note is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 4: 542-543. Anderson Cat. #1280, 883. Huntington-Bixby sale, Feb. 1917.

1861 September 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Oliver Perry Morton. HM 25147 Washington, D.C. Letter signed and subscribed. 4 pages. On letterhead with printed text "Executive Mansion, Washington, 1861." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 4: 541-2. Judd Stewart Collection

1861 October 13. Lamon, Ward Hill. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. LN 514 Springfield, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Author's retained copy.

1861 October 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to the Commander of the [David Hunter]. HM 23993 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 1-2. Anderson 34, 1917.

1861 October 24. Colfax, Schuyler. Letter to Simon Cameron. EG Box 11 South Bend, . Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Simon Cameron (1861 October 29), Abraham Lincoln (1861 November 4), and John Potts (1861 November 5). Lincoln's note is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 5: 14.

[1861 November 26]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Second draft of a bill to abolish in Delaware. HM 3187 Autograph manuscript. 1 page. With HM 3186 and HM 3188. Docketed "No: 2" by Lincoln. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 29-30.

[1861] [November 26?]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Comments on first and second drafts of a proposed bill to abolish slavery through compensated emancipation in Delaware. HM 3186 Autograph manuscript. 1 page. With HM 3187 and HM 3188. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 30. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 490), January 14-16, 1914.

[1861] [November 26?]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. First draft of a bill to abolish slavery in Delaware. HM 3188 Autograph manuscript. 2 pages. With HM 3187 and HM 3187. Docketed "No: 1" by Lincoln. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 29. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 490), January 14-16, 1914.

[1861] [November 26?]. Drafts for a bill to abolish slavery. HM 25280-25282

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1861 December 11. Cleveland, Guy K. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23712 St. Paul, Minnesota. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Re C. F. Busk as applicant for United States Marshal of Minnesota. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1861 December 13. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [Caleb Blood Smith]. HM 25147 [Washington, D.C.]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 68. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection second section (lot 565), April 1-3, 1914.

1861 December 16. [Lincoln, Abraham and Lamon, Ward Hill.] To the . LN 2352 Autograph document. 1 page. In the hand of Abraham Lincoln. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 72.

1861 December 31. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to [David Hunter]. HM 23992 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Accompanied by envelope with note in the hand of David Hunter. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 84-5. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 35), January 25-26, 1917.

Undated. [Hunter, David]. Blank envelope with note explaining Abraham Lincoln letter of December 31, 1861. Autograph note unsigned. Accompanied HM 23992.

[1861]. Brewer, A. S. and Republican members of the bar of Columbiana County, . Petition to Abraham Lincoln recommending Hon. Hiram Griswold as District Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. HM 2126 Document signed. 1 page. Contains 6 signatures. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

[Approximately 1861]. Wierum, Carl F. Lincoln [a translation from the English of a poem in 4 stanzas by William Marsh]. HM 15864 Hamburg, Germany. Autograph manuscript. 2 pages. In German. Following the above: note addressed to "my dear daughter," in English. Judd Stewart Collection

[Approximately 1861]. Marsh, William. Lincoln [printed poem]. 1 item. With HM 15864

Box 5 1862-1863 [1862 January 6]. New York Ladies' Educational Union [printed circular]. HM 3115 [Washington, D.C.] Document signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Simon Cameron, Salmon Portland Chase, Abraham Lincoln, and John C. Smith. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection second section (lot 567), April 1-3, 1914.

1862 January 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Simon Cameron. FAC 283 Washington, D.C. Facsimile of autograph letter signed. 1 page. Photostat negative. Transcription of original in the Cameron Papers, , published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 96. Presented by Emanuel Hertz.

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1862 January 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Appointment of Charles E. Mix to be Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs. HM 2112 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 104. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1862 January 23. Lincoln, Abraham. Note requesting work for Gustave A. Balzer. HM 25384 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Written on fragment of envelope. On the origins of this note, see Balzer, Pauline. To Judd Stewart. 1910 April 7 (HM 25250). Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 109. Judd Stewart Collection

1862 January 31. Lamon, Ward Hill. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. LN 502 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Author's copy of letter resigning from the Office of Marshal for the District of Columbia.

1862 February 4. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Lazarus W. Powell. HM 25149 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 127.

1862 February 14. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to George B. McClellan. HM 25150 Autograph note signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 132. Judd Stewart Collection

1862 February 27. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to Edwin M. Stanton. HM 25151 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Written on the reverse of a note re: the "Little Sergeant." Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 138. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale (lot 196), January 25-26, 1917.

1862 March 9. Dahlgren, John Adolph. Draft of letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 20326 Autograph draft signed. 6 pages. Bixby

1862 May 9. Florida, citizens of. Petition to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23700 Washington, D.C. Contemporary copy of letter. 1 page. Petition of L. D. Stickney and seven others recommending Orloff M. Dorman be appointed provincial governor of Florida. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1862 May 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Andrew G. Curtin. HM 25152 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 239. Judd Stewart Collection

1862 May 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Recommendation of Ward Hill Lamon for scouting purposes. LN 2357 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph document signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 247.

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1862 July 12. Gallaher, John S. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23706 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Extracts from two letters to Gallaher are included: a letter from Col. C. K. Craig, 1862 July 4, and a letter from George Ashmun, 1861 September 30. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1862 July 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of James Corrigan. HM 39908 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Carr, Clark E. The Illini (call number: 17874).

1862 July 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Military commission of George P. Edgar as additional Aide-de-Camp with rank of Captain. HM 3129 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in, with signatures of Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, and blue seal.

1862 August 3. Booth, John Wilkes. Letter to V. Butsch. HM 25194 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Transcribed in "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me" : the Writings of , edited by John Rhodehamel and Louise Taper (University of Illinois Press, 1997), 81. Judd Stewart Collection

1862 August 4. Whittlesey, Elisha. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23698 Treasury Department, [Washington, D.C.] Letter signed. 1 page. Recommendation of William G. Whittlesey for Register of Wills, Orphans Court, Washington, D.C. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1862 August 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Appointment of Samuel McKenney as a Visitor of the Government Hospital for the Insane. HM 3126 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form filled in, with signatures of Lincoln and Caleb B. Smith and embossed seal.

1862 September 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to William Sprague. HM 25153 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 431. Judd Stewart Collection

1862 October 12. Lippitt, Francis James. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23699 Fort Humboldt, California. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Request for leave. Endorsed by Henry W. Halleck and Edwin M. Stanton.

1862 October 20. Train, George Francis. Slogan beginning "Swear by the President." HM 2123 Portland Autograph document signed. 1 page. With carte-de-visite portrait of Train with James S. Earle & Son imprint on verso. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1862 October 23. Lincoln, Abraham. Note requesting employment for "Miss Sommers." HM 39909 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph note signed. 1 page. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Nicolay, John G. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln (call number: 20102).

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1862 November 9. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Mary Todd Lincoln. HM 23934 Washington, D.C. Autograph note signed. 1 page. With signature of John George Nicolay pasted on second sheet. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 492. Bixby, 1918.

1862 November 10. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of James W. Walters. HM 39887 Washington, D.C. Document signed. Printed form, filled in. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Arnold, Isaac N. The Life of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 1, page 3 (call number: 17875).

1862 November 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Frederick Steele, John Smith Phelps, and all having military and naval authority under the United States, within the State of Arkansas. HM 22673 Washington, D.C. Letter signed and subscribed. 2 pages. Body of letter in handwriting of John G. Nicolay; address and insertions in Lincoln's hand. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 5: 500. Purchased from the Lambert Civil War collection (lot 637), March 9-10, 1914.

1862 December 5. Gamble, Hamilton R. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 13448 St. Louis, . Contemporary copy of letter. 3 pages. Damaged Judd Stewart Collection

1862 December 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Robert Shelton MacKenzie. HM 25166 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Brief letter providing autograph. Described in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 506.

[1862]. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to [Edwin M. Stanton]. HM 63710 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Note on verso of calling card of Prince Felix Salm-Salm. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 426. Transferred from Rare Books; purchased with Judd Stewart Collection in 1922.

1863 January 3. Peyton, J. E. Letter to Lorenzo Thomas. HM 25118 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letter signed. 2 pages. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, Andrew Gregg Curtin, and 12 others. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 499), January 14-16, 1914.

1863 January 8. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Caleb B. Smith. HM 25154 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 49-50. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection second section (lot 569), April 1-3, 1914.

1863 January 10. Doherty, William H. Letter to Salmon P. Chase. HM 23937 Newbern, North Carolina. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. With envelope in which the letter was forwarded to the President. Envelope endorsed in Lincoln 's hand as follows: "W. H. Doherty-- to be Judge in N.C." Aderson Cat. #1280: 892; Bixby, Feb. 26, 1917.

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1863 January 14. Bates, Edward. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 20279 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Recommendation of Rev. Wm. K. Talbot for Hospital Chaplain at Columbus, Kentucky. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Arnold, Isaac N. The Life of Abraham Lincoln (call number: 39956) in 1955. Judd Stewart Collection

1863 January 23. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton. HM 70158 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 76-7. Peter Paanaker gift, 1994.

1863 January 31. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Montgomery C. Meigs. HM 25167 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 85.

1863 February 2. Kellogg, Francis W. and others. Petition to Abraham Lincoln from the Representatives in Congress from Michigan recommending Solomon L. Withey as United States District Court Judge for the Western District of the State of Michigan. EG Box 33 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 1 page. On House of Representatives letterhead. Signed by F. W. Kellogg, R. E. Trowbridge, Z. Chandler, F C. Bearman, and J. M. Howard. With endorsement by Lincoln on verso, 1863 February 26. Lincoln's endorsement published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 6: 117.

1863 February 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the envelope of a letter to Francisco Solana López, President of Paraguay. HM 39910 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in. Removed from Rothschild, Alonzo. Lincoln, Master of Men (call number: 20110).

1863 February 13. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to Lincoln's ratification to the Convention between the United States and Ecuador, signed 25 November 1862. HM 39911 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of United States. Congress. Memorial addresses delivered before the two houses of Congress on the life and character of Abraham Lincoln ... (call number: 132041).

1863 February 13. Lincoln, Abraham. Memorandum regarding the transfer of General Richard W. Johnson. HM 25129 Washington, D.C. Autograph document signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 104. Purchased from the Lambert Civil War collection (lot 638), March 9-10, 1914.

1863 February 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to the ratification to the Convention with Peru, providing for the arbitration of the questions of the "Georgiana" and "Lizzie Thompson," signed December 20, 1862. HM 3130 Washington, D.C. Autograph document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in.

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1863 February 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a power to Christopher Robinson to exchange the ratification to the Conventions between the United States and Peru, signed December 20, 1862, and January 12, 1863. HM 39912 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Tarbell, Ida M. The Life of Abraham Lincoln (call number: 16885).

1863 March 2. Dunn, William McKee. Petition to Abraham Lincoln from the Representatives in Congress from Indiana recommending Hon. John Nixon for Judge of the Court of Claims. HM 2125 Washington, D.C. Autograph document signed. 1 page. On House of Representatives letterhead. Signed by W. M. Dunn, Schulyer Colfax, George W. Julian, J. P. C. Shanks, A. S. White, and Wm. Mitchell. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1863 March 10. Lincoln, Abraham. Form authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of Thomas Shelby. HM 39913 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in. Removed from RB 20206.

1863 March 16. Lincoln, Abraham. Military commission to Thomas W. Sweeny as Brigadier General of Volunteers. SW 260 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in, with signatures of Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton and blue papered seal. Gift of Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 13, 1959.

1863 March 21. Lincoln, Abraham. Note re: beef contractors. HM 65752 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Empty envelope containing endorsements by officers of the Subsistence Office and Col. A. Beckwith. With endorsement of Lincoln: "Submitted to the War Department, for Commissary General." From the papers of George S. Phillips.

[1863 March 26]. Lincoln, Abraham. Franked envelope addressed to "Gov. ." HM 8216 Autograph envelope signed. 1 item. Pasted on lower left corner is Andrew Johnson's frank. Purchased from Hellman sale (lot 257:27), November 1919.

1863 March 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Nathaniel Banks. HM 23555 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 154.

1863 April 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David Hunter. HM 23991 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 158.

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1863 April 14. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David Hunter and Samuel F. Du Pont. HM 23990 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. With franked and addressed envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 173-174. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 37), January 25-26, 1917.

1863 April 15. Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pemell, 1st Viscount Lyons. Letter to J. Mandeville Carlisle. HM 23694 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 4 pages. The letter quotes a passage from President Lincoln's Proclamation of April 19, 1861. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1863 April 16. Carlisle, J. Mandeville. Letter to Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons. HM 23696 Washington, D.C. Autograph draft. 4 pages. Letter in reply to Lord Lyons' reference to the President's proclamation. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1863 April 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Appointment of George Harrington to be Secretary of the Treasury, pro tem. HM 3117 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Judd Stewart Collection

1863 April 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Joseph Hooker. HM 25156 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 189-190. Judd Stewart Collection

1863 June 8. Lincoln, Abraham. Military Commission to Alonzo J. Bellows as First Lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry. HM 3128 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in, with signatures of Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton and pink papered seal.

1863 June 9. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David Hunter. HM 23988 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of . With envelope endorsed by David Hunter. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 256. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 39), January 25-26, 1917.

1863 June 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John M. Schofield. HB Box 22(7) Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 2 pages. Not in Lincoln's hand. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 291. Barney Coll.

1863 June 26. Gurley, John A. Petition to Abraham Lincoln recommending Almon Gage as Attorney for the Territory of Arizona. HM 2114 , Ohio. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With additional signatures of Charles D. Poston, W. Wrightson, and S. P. Heintzelman. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

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1863 June 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to David Hunter. HM 23989 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 2 pages. In the handwriting of John Hay. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 310. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale no. 1270 (lot 39), January 25-26, 1917.

1863 August 14. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Elizabeth I. Grimsley. HM 25157 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 385-6. Judd Stewart Collection

1863 August 18. Jacoby, Jacob. Letter to "Dear Wife and family." HM 23921 Camp Douglas, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Signed "Jacob Jacoby prissner [sic]." Letter had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

1863 August 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton. HM 3727 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 399.

1863 August 24. Jacoby, Jacob. Letter to James S. Jacoby. HM 23931 Camp Douglas, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Signed "Jacob Jacoby prisner [sic]." Letter had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

1863 September 11. Brent, C. S. Petition for release of Jacob Jacoby, a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. HM 2254 Paris, Kentucky. Autograph document signed. 2 pages. Document had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

1863 September 11. Williams, George W. Petition for release of Jacob Jacoby, a prisoner of war at Camp Douglas, Illinois. HM 23932 Paris, Kentucky. Autograph document signed. 2 pages. Petition has added petition and signature of P. A. Prall. Document had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

1863 September 13. Clay, Brutus J. Letter to William Hoffman, Commissary General of Prisoners. HM 23922 Paris, Kentucky. Autograph document signed. 1 page. Letter had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

[1863 September 15]. Jacoby, James S. Letter to William Hoffman, Commissary General of Prisoners. HM 23930 [Paris, Kentucky]. Letter signed. 3 pages. Letter had been enclosed with other papers in an envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln (HM 2253). Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

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1863 September 18. Envelope docketed as follows: Jacob Jacoby. In the matter of pardon of Jacob Jacoby, of Ky., a prisoner with Morgan. Pardoned by order of the President, Sep. 18, 1863. HM 2253 Envelope endorsed by Abraham Lincoln: "File, A. L., Sep. 19, 1863." Envelope had enclosed HM 23921, HM 23931, HM 2254, HM 23932, HM 23922, and HM 23930. Anderson Feb. 26, 1917, cat. 1280: 855, Huntington-Bixby sale

1863 September [24]. Hale, John Parker. Letter with recommendation of Belle Garcia. HM 3138 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Lower margin has signed note by Abraham Lincoln, 1863 September 24. Lincoln's recommendation is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 6: 479.

1863 October 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John M. Schofield. HB Box 22(7) Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 3 pages. Not in Lincoln's hand. The draft version held by the Library of Congress is transcribed in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 6: 492-493. Barney Coll.

1863 October 27. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to Edwin M. Stanton. HM 25158 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 542. Judd Stewart Collection

1863 October 28. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John M. Schofield. HB Box 22(7) Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 3 pages. Not in Lincoln's hand. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 6: 543-4. Barney Coll.

1863 November 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Nathaniel Banks. HM 23565 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 1-2.

1863 November 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to Samuel Yorke at Lee. CW 252 Washington, D.C. Autograph note signed. 1 page. Note: "William goes with me to Gettysburg." Originally enclosed with Morris, De Witt Clinton letter to Mrs. E. S. Randolph, 1864 June (see CW 315) Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Battles and leaders of the civil war … (Call number: 298000, volume 10)

1863 December 16. Shultz, Reuben. Letter to L. B. Wynne. HM 23910 Gentry County, Missouri. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. With envelope marked "Pardoned by order of the President." Bixby, 1918.

1863 December 17. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to James H. Hoes. HM 25175 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 1 page. In the handwriting of John Hay. With enveloped addressed by Hay and franked by Nicolay. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 75.

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1863 December 19. Lincoln, Abraham. Order to Edward Bates to make out a pardon for John Burnam. HM 23909 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph note signed. 1 page. Written on the face of an envelope addressed to Lincoln. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 80. Bixby, 1918.

1863 December 19. Burnam, C. F. Statement to the effect that John Burnam has executed bond for $10,000. HM 2252 Bowling Green, Kentucky. Autograph document signed. 1 page. Also signed by H. Grider. With envelope marked: "Pardoned by order of the President, Dec. 21, 1863." Bixby, 1918.

1863 December 5. Thomas, W. W. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23911 Jacksonville, Illinois. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, December 21, 1863. Bixby, 1918.

1863 November 17. Burnam, John. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23912 Bowling Green, Kentucky. Letter signed. 1 page. Followed by Rodes, R. et al. Petition to Abraham Lincoln (letter signed, 2 pages). Bixby, 1918.

[1863]. Lincoln, Abraham. Autographed photograph presented personally to W.H.H. Jones at the War Office, Washington, D.C. HM 3124 6 x 10.5 cm Carte-de-visite portrait with signature in bottom margin. Gardner imprint and note of W.H.H. Jones on verso. Bixby

Box 6 1864-1865 1864 January 18. Nicolay, John George. Letter to William B. Sprague. HM 25240 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Covering letter for "a note from the President of the United States."

1864 January 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Frederick Steele. HM 23886 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 141-2. Bixby

1864 January 21. Shultz, Reuben. Letter to Austin A. King. HM 23923 Gentry County, Missouri. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Request for pardon. On the reverse of page 3: 1864 March 2. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to Edward Bates. Autograph note signed, 1 page. Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 7: 218. Bixby

1864 January 27. King, Austin A. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23936 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Request for pardon of John B. Corner of Missouri. Signed and endorsed by Lincoln, January 27, 1864. With envelope. Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 7: 152. Anderson cat. No 1280: 886; Bixby, February 26, 1917.

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1864 February 8. Rollins, James S., and others. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23924 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 3 pages. Request for pardon of Porter Jackman of Missouri; also signed by: William A. Hall, Austin A. King, and John G. Scott. With two endorsements of Lincoln (February 17, 1864, and March 2, 1864) and one of Edward Bates (March 2, 1864). With envelope. Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 7: 189. Bixby

1864 February. [Bates Edward?] Draft of circular letter to District Attorneys instructing them regarding their procedure in fulfilling the conditions set forth in the President's Proclamation of Amnesty, December 8, 1863. HM 3108 Washington, D.C. Draft. 8 pages. In the handwriting of secretaries. Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale (lot 884), February 26-March 1, 1917.

1864 March 10. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton. CW 255 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Partially published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 238, after the description in American Art Association Anderson Galleries Catalog 4115, May 17, 1934, no. 180. Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Battles and leaders of the civil war … (Call number: 298000, volume 18)

1864 March 22. Lincoln, Abraham. Note on slavery. HM 22678 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 260.

1864 March 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to George G. Meade. CW 253 Washington, D.C. Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 265.

1864 March 28. Booth, John Wilkes. Letter to R. M. Johnson. EG Box 6 New Orleans, Louisiana. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With photocopy of typescript copy of Johnson's letter to Booth of 1865 February 18, in the National Archives.

1864 March 30. Wallace, William H. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23928 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Recommendation for two appointments for the Territory of Montana. With envelope endorsed by Lincoln: "File, AL. March 31, 1864." Bixby

1864 April 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Charles Sumner. HM 10532 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Enclosed in 1864 April 8 letter of Charles Sumner. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 288. Harper Collection

1864 April 5. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Mrs. Horace Mann. HM 10531 Washington, D.C. Contemporary copy. 1 page. Copy made by Susan B. Anthony. The original is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 7: 287. Harper Collection

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1864 April 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ulysses S. Grant. HM 25159 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 324.

1864 May 6. Lawrence, Charles B. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23697 Galesburg, Illinois Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Recommendation of John J. Weed as assistant solicitor to the Court of Claims. With 9 other endorsements including: William Kellogg, Richard Yates, Jesse K. DuBois, Shelby M. Cullom, Milton Hay, Ozias M. Hatch, William A. Grimshaw, and Mark W. Delahay. With envelope. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1864 June 6. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Henry W. Slocum. HM 25160 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 378. Purchased from the Lambert Civil War collection (lot 648), March 9-10, 1914.

[1864 June 25]. Lane, H. and others. Petition to Abraham Lincoln recommending Nathaniel Usher for the office of Chief Justice of the Territory of Montana. HM 23935 [Washington, D.C.] Document signed. 1 page. Also signed by: , Godlove S. Orth, John D. Defrees, and George W. Julian. Marked: "File" by Lincoln. Bixby

1864 June 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Appointment of George Harrington "to perform … the duties of Secretary of the Treasury until a successor to Mr. Chase shall be commissioned." HM 2258 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 418-9. Bixby

1864 June. Morris, DeWitt Clinton. Letter to Mrs. E. S. Randolph. CW 315 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Originally attached to: 1863 November 18. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Samuel Yorke Lee (CW 252). Removed from extra-illustrated copy of Battles and leaders of the civil war … (Call number: 298000, volume 10)

1864 July 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Military commission of Thomas W. Sweeny as in the Sixteenth regiment of Infantry. SW 261 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed form, filled in, with signatures of Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton, and blue seal. Gift of Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 1959.

1864 July 25. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Abram Wakeman. LN 2355 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 461.

1864 July 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Appointment of George Harrington to perform the duties of Secretary of the Treasury in the absence of William P. Fessenden. HM 2259 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 471. Bixby

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1864 August 23. Lincoln, Abraham. "The Blind Memorandum" : memorandum concerning probable failure of re-election. WE 224 a-b Washington, D.C. Document signed. 2 pieces. Damaged and repaired. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 514. Henkels, 1924, 1342/41.

1864 September 1. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Samuel R. Curtis. HM 22662 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 530. Judd Stewart

[1864 September 12]. Lamon, Ward Hill [and Abraham Lincoln]. Statement regarding the "Antietam episode." LN 2354 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph document. 3 pages. Entirely in the hand of Abraham Lincoln and signed by Lamon. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 7: 548-9.

1864 October 13. Lincoln, Abraham. Estimated electoral votes. HM 2032 Washington, D.C. Autograph document. 1 page. Estimate written by Lincoln in pencil; the date and identifying notes in pencil and ink in the handwriting of Thomas T. Eckert. On letterhead of U.S. Military Telegraph Office, War Department. Formerly bound with HM 2031 and HM 2033 and removed March 1988. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 46. Anderson sale 1266: 347, Jan. 1917; Anderson sale 1310, December 1917.

1864 October 24. Lincoln, Abraham. Pass for Mr. Livingston. HM 2031 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph document signed. 5 x 8.5 cm 1 page. Signed on verso by Henry W. Halleck. Formerly bound with HM 2032 (removed March 1988). Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 75. Anderson sale 1266: 347, Jan. 1917; Anderson sale 1310, December 1917.

1864 October 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Samuel Austin Allibone. AL 232 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 1 page. With envelope franked by John Hay. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 79.

1864 October 31. Lincoln, Abraham. Note concerning the appointment of Henry Sherman. HM 3118 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Note written on envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 82. Judd Stewart

1864 November 7. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton. CW 256 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Instructions to exchange two prisoners of war.

1864 November 8. Burbridge, Stephen G. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 25133 Lexington, Kentucky. Letter. 6 pages. Identified as "copy for Surgeon in chief T.S. Bell" on letterhead of the Office of The Mayor, Louisville, Ky. Judd Stewart

1864 November 12. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Marsena R. Patrick. HM 25168 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 105.

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[Approximately 1864] November 29. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Ward H. Lamon. LN 2353 Washington, D.C. Letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 123.

1864 November 30. Lincoln, Abraham. Endorsement of employment application for unidentified woman. HM 25161 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 124. Judd Stewart

1864 [December 8]. [Lincoln, Abraham]. Permission for Leonard Swett to pass through military and naval lines for the purpose of fulfilling his contract with the Treasury Department. LN 2397 [Washington, D.C.] Document. 2 pages. Contemporary copy on letterhead of Treasury Department, Second Agency, Memphis, Tennessee.

1864 December 9. Lincoln, Abraham. Pass for soldier's wife from Washington to New York. HM 3119 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph document signed. 5 x 8.5 cm 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 160. Purchased from the Lambert Lincolniana collection (lot 575), January 14-16, 1914.

1864 December 12. Cameron, Simon. Letter to Abraham Lincoln. HM 23333 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. AAA 467, Judd Stewart Collection

1864 December 12. Washington (D.C.) Citizens Petition to Abraham Lincoln recommending Daniel R. Goodloe for the position of Marshal of the District of Columbia. HM 8276 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Contains over fifty signatures. With envelope marked: "File A.L., Dec. 12, 1864" in Lincoln's hand. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1864 December 31. King, Austin A. Letter to Abraham Lincoln regarding pardon for Levi Brashear and William A. Guthrie. HM 23929 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Endorsed by Lincoln: "Attorney General, please make out pardons in these two cases. A. Lincoln." With a one-page statement of the cases in the United States Circuit Court of Missouri, referred to in the above letter, and envelope. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 193. Bixby

1865 January 14. Clarke, Reader Wright. Letter to Abraham Lincoln recommending the reappointment of A. C. Sands as Marshal of the Southern District of Ohio. HM 23329 Batavia Ohio. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. AAA 472, Judd Stewart Coll.

1865 January 15. Inhabitants of Key West, Florida. Petition to Abraham Lincoln regarding clemency in the case of James Kelly. HM 2122 Key West, Florida. Document signed. 1 page. Contains forty signatures. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

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[1864 January 30]. Eckert, Thomas T. Letter to Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Campbell, and R. M. T. Hunter. HM 22659 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph letter. 1 page. On verso: Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Francis P. Blair. 1865 January 18 (autograph letter signed). Lincoln's letter to Blair is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 8: 220-221. Judd Stewart

1865 February 8. Lincoln, Abraham. Note to William Pitt Fessenden regarding employment for an unidentified woman. HM 22661 Autograph note signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 269. Judd Stewart

[1865 February 11]. Illinois. Legislature. House of Representatives. Petition to Abraham Lincoln recommending E. N. Powell as a Justice of the United States for the Territory of Nebraska. HM 1743 Document signed. 2 pages. Contains fifty-eight signatures. Endorsed by Lincoln: "File A.L., Feb. 11, 1865." Judd Stewart

1865 February 17. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Joseph Holt. HM 41544 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. With envelope franked by Lincoln. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 303. Gift of Joseph H. Rose, April 1975.

1865 February 25. Campbell, James M. Letter to Abraham Lincoln requesting special pardon. HM 23926 Knoxville, Tennessee. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. With envelope. Bixby

1865 February 25. Childress, D. B. Petition to Abraham Lincoln requesting special pardon. HM 23933 Letter signed. 2 pages. Endorsed by Lincoln. Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 8: 317. Bixby

1865 March 2. Britton, James. Letter to Andrew Johnson requesting special pardon for James M. Campbell. HM 23927 Knoxville, Tennessee. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Endorsed by Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln (on March 22, 1865). Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 8: 370. Bixby

1865 March 7. Lincoln, Abraham. Executive order in favor of Lucius H. Terry. HM 3132 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 2 pages. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 341-2. A. D. Clark Co.

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[1865 March 9]. Spalding, Rufus P. Letter to Abraham Lincoln recommending John C. Grannis for United States District Attorney of the Northern District of Ohio; William Fuller for Collector of Customs for the District of Cuyahoga, Cleveland, Ohio; and John Johnson for United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio. HM 25198 Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Endorsed by Lincoln. Lincoln's endorsement is published in Basler, ed. Collected Works, vol. 8: 346. Judd Stewart

1865 March 11. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to Edwin M. Stanton. HM 25162 Autograph note signed. 5 x 8.5 cm 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 351. Judd Stewart

1865 March 15. Lincoln, Abraham. Note requesting promotion for James Johnson. HM 3120 [Washington, D.C.] Autograph note signed. 5 x 8.5 cm 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 354. Judd Stewart

1865 March 17. Lincoln, Abraham. "Let it be done" note pasted to bottom of three-quarter length photograph portrait of Lincoln. HM 805 Autograph note signed, 10 x 3.5, pasted below oval portrait of Lincoln on mount, 25 x 20 cm. 1 piece. With imprint: "Brady & Co., Photographers." Judd Stewart

1865 March 20. Grant, Ulysses S. Letter to Abraham Lincoln requesting visit. HM 23788 City Point, Virginia. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. A.A.A. 306 Judd Stewart Coll.

1865 March 26. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to the Secretary of War [Edwin M. Stanton]. HM 25163 [Grant's Headquarters at City Point, Virginia]. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Published in Basler, ed. Collected Works , vol. 8: 375.

Lincoln, Abraham. Miscellaneous autograph notes. HM 46553(1) Single leaf from HM 46553 autograph album, 1853-1888 with four notes by Lincoln.

1865 April 16. [Boardman, Henry A.] Sermon : Psalm 46:10. "Be still, & know that I am God." HM 1984 Manuscript. 46 pages. Front paper cover has title: "Ps 46.10. 'Be still' etc. On the death of Prest. Lincoln" and additional note: "(1311 Spruce St.)."

1865 April 16. Welles, Gideon. Telegram to David G. Farragut. HM 23892 Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Requests Farragut report to Washington for the funeral of the President. Bixby

1865 April 17. Welles, Gideon. Special order to Navy Department officials concerning the funeral of President Lincoln. HM 3637 Navy Department [Washington, D.C.] Document signed. 2 pages. Anderson cat. 1214: 719, Bixby Mar. 29-31, 1916.

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1865 April 19. Cist, Lewis Jacob. Abraham Lincoln, Assassinated, Good Friday, April 14th 1865. HM 3178 St. Louis, Missouri. Autograph manuscript signed. 3 pages. Poem beginning "O, Mournful night! Of all beside…" With note: "Written April 19th 1865. Copied for Mr. Harrison Wright, of Wilkes Barre, Penna., St. Louis, April 1st 1867 by his friend, L. J. C."

1865 April 19. Matthews, Stanley. Letter to Salmon P. Chase. HM 20699 Cincinnati, Ohio. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Bixby

1865 April 20. Carpenter, Francisc Bicknell. A Poem Recited by Mr. Lincoln [reminiscences to the editors of the New York Evening Post.]. HM 3149 Manuscript signed. 5 pages. With 3 ribbons. Includes a transcript of William Knox's poem: "Oh! Why Should the Spirit of mortal be Proud." Followed by a note addressed to the editors of the St. Louis Republican, April 21, 1865.

1865 April 20. Philadelphia. Mayor and City Councils. Resolutions : Regarding the death of the President of the United States. HM 1023 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Typescript (20th century copy) 2 pages. Mounted. Published in Ordinances and Joint Resolutions, of the City of Philadelphia From January 1st to December 31st, 1865 (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1866), pp. 166-168 Judd Stewart Collection

1865 April 22. Fox, Gustavus Vasa. Letter to John B. Montgomery. HM 23885 Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Contains instructions from the Secretary of War regarding the treatment of prisoners related to the assassination of Lincoln. Transcribed in Betty J. Ownsbey, Alias "Paine": Lewis Thornton Powell (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2015), page 85. Bixby

1865 April 22. Townsend, Edward Davis. Free transportation voucher for Mr. Stanton. HM 3137 War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C. Document signed. 8.5 x 11.5 cm, mounted. 1 card. Printed card filled in: "Mr. Stanton is invited to accompany the remains of the late President…"

1865 April 22. Welles, Gideon. Telegram to Lieutenant Commander Eastman. HM 23884 Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Transcribed in Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897), vol. 5: 556-557 Bixby

1865 April 22. (Maryland). Mayor and City Council. Resolution offering a reward of Ten thousand dollars for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of the late President of the United States. HM 2113 Baltimore, Md. Manuscript document, contemporary copy. 2 pages. Certified by John A. Thompson, Register's Office, May 3, 1865. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

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[1865 April 22]. Webster, H. Letter to John D. McPherson. HM 23753 Baltimore, Md. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Letter regarding the Baltimore resolution offering a reward for the capture of Lincoln's assassins. With 1 page enclosure. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1865 April 27. Montgomery, John B. Telegram to Gideon Welles. HM 25253 Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Telegram on the removal of the remains of John Wilkes Booth. Anderson cat. #1214, Mar. 29-31/1916, Bixby #711.

1865 April 27. Welles, Gideon. Telegram to John B. Montgomery. HM 23883 Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Telegram regarding the Lincoln assassination conspirators held as prisoners and visitors to see the body of John Wilkes Booth. Transcribed in Hibben, Henry B. Navy-Yard, Washington. History from organization 1799 to Present Date (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890), p. 148.

1865 April 29. Olcott, Henry Steel. Letter to John D. McPherson. HM 23705 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Letter regarding Lincoln assassination conspirators. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1865 April 29. Potts, George John. Letter to John D. McPherson. HM 23692 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Letter of introduction for H. S. Olcott. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1865 April. Benjamin, Samuel Greene Wheeler. Ode on the death of Abraham Lincoln [opening lines only]. HM 3144 Autograph manuscript signed. 1 page. Transcript of first two stanzas of poem, dated July 1906.

[1865 May 4]. Welles, Gideon. Letter to John B. Montgomery. HM 3636 Washington, D.C. Telegram signed. 1 page. Telegram regarding Lincoln's funeral. Body of telegram, but not additional notes, transcribed in Hibben, Henry B. Navy-Yard, Washington. History from organization 1799 to Present Date (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1890), p. 150. Anderson cat. #1214: 720, Bixby, Mar. 29-31, 1916.

1865 May 27. Smith, Andrew Jackson. Letter to Christian T. Christensen. HM 23330 Montgomery, Alabama. Letter signed. 2 pages. Letter regarding arrest of Alabama ex-governor A. B. Moore and George W. Gayle who placed advertisement for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A.A.A. 472, Sale of Dec. 6-7, 1921, from the Judd Stewart Coll.

1865 July 7. Johnson, Andrew. Declaration to Winfield Scott Hancock suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus [in the case of Mary E. Surratt]. HM 1986 [Washington, D.C.] Document signed. 1 page. Transcribed in The Papers of Andrew Johnson: May-August 1865, Paul H. Bergeron, ed. (University of Tennessee, 1989) p. 367. Bixby, 1918.

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1865 July 7. Hancock, Winfield Scott. Letter to Andrew Wylie refusing to produce the body Mary E. Surratt. HM 1989 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Transcribed in James S. Brisbin, Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-General, U.S.A. (L. Lum Smith, 1880), pp. 67-8. Bixby, 1918.

1865 August 21. Watts, John S. Letter to Henry Sherman. HM 23781 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Autograph letter signed. 1 page. Regarding Chief Justiceship of the territory. Purchased from Mark P. Robinson sale (lot 530), February 26-March 1, 1918.

1865 September 19. Seward, William H. Certified copy of Emancipation Proclamation. HM 3179 Washington, D.C. Document signed. 1 page. Printed certification form filled in by Seward, with black seal of the United States and mourning ribbon attached to printed copy of the Proclamation.

1865 December 8. Burnett, H. L. Letter to Major General Joseph Holt. HM 15880 Willards Hotel, Washington, D.C. Contemporary copy of letter. 6.5 x 10 cm, mounted. 1 page. Regarding the distribution of rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth. Judd Stewart Collection.

[1867 July?]. Fisher, George P. Order of admission for Alfred Hunter to the trial of John H. Surratt. HM 3141 Document signed. 1 card. Judd Stewart Collection, 1922.

1886 March 27. Corbett, . Letter to Edward P. Doherty. HM 25179 Concordia, Kansas. Autograph letter signed. 5 pages, mounted. Letter by the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth regarding his pension and treatment by the government. With postscript, March 30, 1886. Judd Stewart Collection, 1922.

[1889]. Hanks, Dennis F. Biographical sketch regarding Abraham Lincoln's childhood. HM 15608 Autograph manuscript signed. 1 page. Note by Lincoln's cousin, beginning "This Biographical Sketch is written by request of an old friend." With cabinet card photograph of Hanks, dated 1891. Judd Stewart Collection, 1922.

1896 February 11. Nicolay, John G. Letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes. HM 25280 Washington, D.C. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Concerns the history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-3189). With envelope.

1896 February 12. Fisher, George P. Letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes. HM 25281 Milford, Delaware. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Concerns manuscripts and history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-3189) and requests copy of the bill. With envelope.

1896 March 23. Fisher, George P. Letter to [G. Grosvenor Dawes]. HM 25282 Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Concerns the authenticity of manuscripts related to Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-3189).

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1905 May 23. Arnold, Samuel Bland. To Judd Stewart. HM 25186 Friendship, Maryland. Autograph letter signed. 3 pages. Letter from one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators regarding sale of manuscript. With envelope. Judd Stewart Collection, 1922.

1905 June 7. Arnold, Samuel Bland. To Judd Stewart. HM 25187 Friendship, Maryland. Autograph letter signed. 4 pages. Letter from one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators; contains two clippings of Bland's obituary pasted into letter. With envelope. Judd Stewart Collection, 1922.

1840 January 20. Lincoln, Abraham. Letter to John S. Stuart. Springfield, Maryland. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. Bound in half-green morocco.

Box 7 After 1865 April 14 Includes: HM 3184, WE 225, HM 3121(1, 2), HM 3121 (3), HM 39907, HB 2, and one broadside.

Oversize box 8 Oversize items Includes: CW 254, HM 51901, HM 2250, WA 47, HM 2030, HM 31518, NM 50174, NO 28, HM 2136.

Bound items

Bound items Includes: HM 23567-23618; HM 23470-23471; HM 2031-2033 FAC 19; HM 26957; HM 23499-HM 2037; HM 23472; HM 235001, 23553-6, M-5; HM 25283-25326, HM 3192-3205; HM 2038; HM 2029; HM 8520-8678; HM 3185; HM 47935; HM 2144; LN 2371; RB 647508.

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