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Title: Ward H. Lamon Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1848-1894
Creator:
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1827-1893
Extent: 2490 pieces
Repository: The Huntington Library
San Marino, California 91108
Language:
English.
Col. Lamon's papers were purchased in 1912, from his daughter Mme. Dorothy (Lamon) Teillard, by George D. Smith. They were
acquired by Mr. Huntington in January, 1914
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[Identification of item], Ward H. Lamon Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Ward Hill Lamon (1827-93), law partner and friend of Abraham Lincoln, was born near Winchester, Va. and brought up on a farm
in Berkeley County, now West Virginia.
Lamon's association with Lincoln began in 1852, in Danville, Ill., and continued there for five years. Then he moved to Bloomington
where he became very active in the newly formed Republican Party, and in furthering the cause of his friend; the middle of
February, 1861 found him
en route to Washington, D. C., as companion and virtual body guard of the President elect, and a few months later, upon the outbreak
of war, he was appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia.
After Lincoln's death, Lamon resigned (June, 1865) to become a law partner of Judge Jeremiah S. Black practicing as a claims
attorney in Washington, afterwards he also opened a law office in Martinsburg, W. Va., which, during the 70's, became his
headquarters. Throughout this period he made repeated efforts to secure some kind of official appointment, but always without
success, until finally, discouraged and in poor health, he moved to Denver, Colo., where he remained for nearly ten years
practicing law, speculating in mining properties, and writing for the press.
In 1886 he returned to Washington and spent the rest of his life in writing and travel.
Persons represented by ten or more pieces:
- Amos BECKWITH
- 12
- Corrydon BECKWITH
- 11
- Mary A. BROWN
- 12
- David DAVIS
- 25
- Hamilton G. FANT
- 12
- John S. GALLAHER
- 13
- William H. HANNA
- 13
- William Henry HERNDON
- 38
- Robert B. HOLLIDAY
- 12
- Charles Edward HOVEY
- 12
- David O. LAWS
- 12
- Abraham LINCOLN
- 13
- William Ward ORME
- 21
- Philip PENDLETON
- 11
- Charles H. RUSSELL
- 10
- John Wilson SHAFFER
- 18
- Leonard SWETT
- 40
- John Palmer USHER
- 11
- Lawrence WELDON
- 10
- John H WICKIZER
- 13
Some important or interesting items:
- Black, Jeremiah Sullivan. Letter to Ward H. Lamon, ... the millions of white men through all the country with wealth and intelligence have far less power in regard to their own affairs than the same number of persons in Russia and Turkey... York, Mar. 7, 1869
- Frémont, Jessie (Benton). Letter to Lamon, ...I had written and copied a great deal to you. But the usual leakage at Washington makes public Gen. Thomas' & Gen. Hunter's plans. This explains to all why Hunter does not advance & why orders from Gen. Frémont are left unattended to... [St. Louis, Oct. 31, 1861]
- Herndon, William Henry. Analyses of the character and mind of Abraham Lincoln. 1865, Dec. 12 & 26; 1866, Jan. 23; 1870, Mar. 3 (4 pieces)
- Lamon, Ward Hill. Unpublished typescript of the history of Abraham Lincoln's public and private life from his inauguration until his assassination, intended to be volume II, of Lamon's Life of Lincoln. [Denver, 1886]
- __________. Speech in support of Andrew Johnson. 1866.
- Lincoln, Abraham. Seven legal documents, including a brief of the suit: Illinois Central R. R. vs. the County of McLean. 1854- 58
- __________. Autograph draft of the text of the statement, which was signed by Lamon, regarding the so-called Antietam Episode. Sep. 12, 1864
- Logan, Stephen Trigg. Six letters from Judge Logan to Lamon, his son-in-law. Springfield, 1861 - 65.
- Maguire, John. Letter to Lamon giving recollections of Lincoln's attitude on the cotton traffic in 1864-5. [ ca. 1870]