Abraham Lincoln Collection: Finding Aid mssLincoln
Melissa Haley
The Huntington Library
April 2022
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
Note
Finding aid last updated February 8, 2024 by Melissa Haley.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Abraham Lincoln collection
Creator:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Identifier/Call Number: mssLincoln
Physical Description:
18.3 Linear Feet
(16 boxes, 8 volumes)
Date (inclusive): 1813-1911
Date (bulk): 1840-1865
Abstract: Collection contains material created by and related to Abraham Lincoln, including correspondence, documents, and legal records
pertaining to his presidency, the Civil War, and his law practice. Also present are items concerning Lincoln's assassination
and the conspirators, his funeral, and legacy.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Material in this collection was primarily acquired by Henry E. Huntington between 1914 and 1924.
Numerous items were purchased at auction, especially from the Anderson Galleries sales of the William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana
collection (January and April 1914) and the Lambert Civil War collection (March 1914). Other Anderson Galleries purchases
include items from the collection sales of Mark P. Robinson (February-March 1918), George S. Hellman (November 1919), Edwin
W. Coggeshall (April 1916), John L. Clawson (January 1917), George P. Marsh (March 1919), C.F. Gunther (November 1919); and
from the joint sales of Hale-Hunter (January 1917) and Huntington-Bixby (March 1916 and March 1917).
Many items in this collection were acquired through the purchase of the Judd Stewart collection in 1922 as well as separate
purchases from the American Art Association's Judd Stewart collection sale, December 1921. In addition, some Lincoln material
was purchased from dealer William K. Bixby in 1918. Several items were obtained when the Gideon Welles papers were bought
for the Huntington by dealer A.S. Rosenbach at a Stan V. Henkels auction in January 1924. In addition, the Lincoln collection
contains a few items purchased from or donated by individuals.
This summary is based on information from Huntington Library legacy information files; the Henry Edwards Huntington papers
(mssHEH); manuscript catalog cards; legacy manuscript housing folders; "Huntington Library Collections," The Huntington Library
Bulletin (May 1931), and Donald C. Dickinson, Henry E. Huntington's Library of Libraries (San Marino, Ca.: Huntington Library
Press, 1995). Source of acquisition is noted in item descriptions, when known.
Custodial History
Many items in this collection were transferred from other Huntington Library manuscript collections, especially the Ward Hill
Lamon papers (mssLN), or were removed from rare books; see item Custodial History notes for details. Custodial History notes
also include information on an item's provenance prior to the Huntington Library's acquisition, when known.
Biographical / Historical
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809-April 15, 1865), the sixteenth president of the United States, was born in Hardin County,
Kentucky, the son of farmers, and was raised primarily in Indiana. The family moved to Illinois in 1830. In 1832, Lincoln
served in the Illinois state militia during the Black Hawk War. He was elected to the state legislature in 1834, where he
represented the Whig party until 1841. Lincoln studied law and received his license in 1836. In 1837, he moved to Springfield,
Illinois and began a law practice with John Todd Stuart; he later formed new legal partnerships with Stephen T. Logan in 1841
and with William H. Herndon in 1844. Lincoln married Mary Todd (1818-1882) in 1842; the couple had four children. In 1846,
Lincoln was elected to Congress, serving one term in the U.S. House of Representatives until 1849. He continued to practice
law through the 1850s while also returning to the political realm following the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854,
which effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and allowed residents of the territories to determine the status
of slavery, and which Lincoln opposed. In 1854, he was again elected to the Illinois state legislature, and he helped to form
the Republican Party in 1856. Lincoln unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1858 but rose to national prominence with
a series of well-publicized political debates with his opponent, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln was elected president
in 1860 as a Republican. In April 1861, the Confederate States of America seceded from the U.S. and began the Civil War. Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, granting freedom to enslaved persons within the Confederacy. He was
reelected president in 1864 with Andrew Johnson as vice-president. The Civil War ended April 9, 1865, following General Robert
E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant. On April 14, Lincoln was shot by assassin John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate
sympathizer, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; he died the following morning at age 56.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence and documents of Abraham Lincoln dating from 1813 to 1865, especially relating to
his presidency and the election of 1864, and to the Civil War, including appointments, military commissions, instructions
and orders to generals, pardons, and passes. Several items pertain to slavery, including letters and notes, documents regarding
gradual emancipation in Delaware, and signed copies of the 13th Amendment. There is a small amount of material for the Lincoln
and Todd families. Also present are legal documents, 1838 to 1860, primarily relating to various cases handled by Lincoln
during his law partnerships, especially with William H. Herndon. In addition, the collection includes items dating from 1865
to 1911 that concern Lincoln's assassination and the conspirators, his funeral, and his legacy.
Processing Information
This collection was reprocessed in 2022 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project. The items had
been physically assembled and arranged by former Huntington Library staff; material was rehoused during reprocessing. Previously
assigned item-level call numbers have been retained.
The number of pages for each item is noted in parentheses in item-level Scope and Contents notes; page totals include enclosures
when present. Document measurements are included at the item level for oversize items.
Previously assigned legacy terminology regarding autograph, endorsement, and franking status of items was retained. Items
marked
autograph indicate the item is in the handwriting of the author of the letter or document.
Endorsement usually refers to a signature of the addressee or individual authorized to read and respond to a letter and indicates that
they have done so.
Franking indicates the presence of an authorized signature for mailing purposes.
Related Materials at the Huntington Library
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Photographs of Abraham Lincoln , photCL 354.
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Album of Abraham Lincoln portraits, Lincoln Family, and events around his life , photCL 40.
- Photograph album of Abraham Lincoln and his circle, photCL 256.
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Portrait album of 19th century figures associated with Abraham Lincoln , photCL 2.
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Abraham Lincoln photograph album , photCL 30.
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Lincoln ephemera collection , ephLE.
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Mary Todd Lincoln letters to James Smith , mssHM 83480-83485.
Existence and Location of Copies
Arrangement
Organized in the following series:
- Correspondence and documents, 1813-1865
- Legal records, 1838-before 1860
- Material related to Lincoln, approximately 1830?-1911
Publication Note
Many items in this collection are published in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (New Brunswick:
Rutgers University Press, 1953) or in Daniel W. Stowell, ed., The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University
of Virginia Press, 2008).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1864
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Greeting cards
Appointing -- United States -- 19th century
Legal documents -- Illinois -- 19th century
Legal documents -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Military commissions -- United States -- 19th century
Photographs -- United States -- 19th century
Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Archives
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Correspondence
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Death and burial
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Photographs
Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896
United States. Constitution. 13th Amendment
United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln). Emancipation Proclamation
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Correspondence and documents
1813-1865
Physical Description: 14 Linear Feet(12 boxes, 5 volumes)
Scope and Contents
Pre-1860 correspondence pertains to Lincoln's work in the Illinois state legislature, Whig Party politics, presidential elections,
national politics in the 1850s, Lincoln's law practice, the Republican Party, Stephen A. Douglas and the 1858 Illinois race
for U.S. Senate, and Lincoln's 1860 presidential campaign and election.
Items relating to the Civil War concern troops and troop movements, the mustering of companies and regiments, military commissions,
the situation in border states and in Missouri, instructions and orders to generals, military intelligence, pardons and discharges
for soldiers, and passes. Two of Lincoln's letters to generals—to Nathaniel Banks, 1863 March 29, and to David Hunter, 1863
April 1—discuss the importance of recruiting Black soldiers. Also present is a condolence letter written by Lincoln to the
parents of a soldier killed in battle, see letter to Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth, 1861 May 25.
Other letters and documents from Lincoln's presidency pertain to appointments, import duties and taxes, recommendations of
and requests for work for individuals, politics and elections in various states, and the 1864 presidential election, particularly
the "blind memorandum" of 1864 August 23 and Lincoln's electoral vote estimate, 1864 October 13.
In addition, this series contains a small amount of family material, including letters from Lincoln to his father Thomas Lincoln
and stepbrother John D. Johnston, 1848 December 24, and to Mary Todd Lincoln, 1862 November 9, as well as Todd family items.
Several items in this series concern slavery, including its potential expansion, fugitive enslaved persons, and emancipation—see
letters to: Owen Lovejoy, 1855 August 11; Lyman Trumbull, 1860 December 10 and 17; Alexander H. Stephens, 1860 December 22;
John M. Schofield, 1863 June 22; and Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1864 April 5; as well as a note of Lincoln's dated 1864 March
22. This series also includes Lincoln's drafts and a printed copy of the 1861 act for the gradual emancipation of slaves in
the state of Delaware, and three copies of the U.S. Congress resolution to amend the constitution (13th Amendment) dated 1864
December 5, one with Lincoln's signature attached.
Arrangement
Material is arranged chronologically.
Publication Note
Many items are published in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (New Brunswick: Rutgers University
Press, 1953). See individual notes for volume and page citations.
Box 1, Folder 1
Elizabeth Ann Parker Todd, Lexington, Kentucky, letter to General Andrew Porter, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania HM 28554
1813 June 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Philip R. Baker, December 1965.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from Mary Todd Lincoln's mother to her grandfather. Includes addressed cover. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln honorable discharge for David M. Pantier, Illinois Militia HM 1744
1832 September 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 431, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Printed document, filled in. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, note to Ira J. Fenn, Columbia, Illinois HM 22643
1836 October 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Includes addressed cover with franking signature. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:52.
Box 1, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln notes for a 12-acre land tract HM 1736
1836
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, second section, Lot 547, April 1-3, 1914.
Custodial History
Andrew Boyd possible former owner before Lambert.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Probably surveyed for David Hart in 1834 and related to case Elijah Houghton v. Heirs of David Hart (see
note in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln). (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:44.
Box 1, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Levi Davis, Vandalia, Illinois HM 22650
1837 April 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed cover. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:77.
Box 1, Folder 6
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Eliza Caldwell Browning, Quincy, Illinois HM 25119
1838 April 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 434, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding Lincoln's failed courtship with Mary S. Owens. Includes addressed cover, addressed
to Mrs. O.H. Browning. (5 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:117.
Box 1, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to John Todd Stuart, Washington, D.C. HM 25143
1839 November 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed cover. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:154.
Box 1, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to John Todd Stuart, Washington, D.C. HM 23469
1840 January 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 437, January 14-16, 1914.
Custodial History
Listed in catalog for Stan V. Henkels, Charles Colcock Jones sale, Lot 170, April 24-26, 1894.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed cover. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:184.
Box 1, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln envelope fragment addressed to R.S. Thomas, Virginia, Illinois HM 3107
approximately 1848 June 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 417, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph envelope. (1 page)
Volume 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to William Henry Herndon HM 23470
1848 June 22
Physical Description: Bound with HM 23471.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 440, January 14-16, 1914.
Custodial History
Formerly part of Charles Henry Hart collection acquired by Lambert.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (5 pages)
Box 1, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to John Hogan HM 22648
1848 July 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1:499-500.
Box 1, Folder 11
Thomas Lincoln, John D. Johnston, Coles County, Illinois, letters to Abraham Lincoln FAC 119
1848 December 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Alexander W. Hannah, February 1930.
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of letters in hand of John D. Johnston. (3 pages)
Box 1, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letters to Thomas Lincoln, John D. Johnston HM 25385
1848 December 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letters signed. Letters are written on the same sheet. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:15-16.
Box 1, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Gales and William W. Seaton HM 22652
1849 January 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Addressed to Gales & Seaton. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:24.
Box 1, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Caleb B. Smith HM 25140
1849 May 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 441, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:46.
Box 1, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Duff Green, Washington, D.C. HM 22653
1849 May 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed cover with franking signature. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:49-50.
Box 1, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Josiah M. Lucas, Washington, D.C. LN 2351
1849 November 17
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed cover with franking signature. (2 pages)
General
Former call number: HM 5769.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:67.
Box 1, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln letter to David M. Irwin HM 22658
approximately 1850
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Preceded by a bill statement to the heirs of Payne, 1844-1850, on the same page. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:69-70.
Box 1, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Oliver L. Davis, Danville, Illinois HM 22666
1854 June 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes a memorandum regarding a deed for a right of way and addressed envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:220.
Box 1, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Owen Lovejoy HM 23995
1855 August 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 445, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:316-17.
Box 1, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25103
1856 June 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 451, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:342-43.
Box 1, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25104
1856 August 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 452, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:359-60.
Box 1, Folder 22
Lincoln & Lamon receipt of note left for collection by David Holeman LN 2370
1856 September 8
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. On the reverse: receipted by David Holeman. (2 pages)
General
Former call number: HM 3147.
Box 1, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Orville H. Browning HM 23980
1856 December 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:386.
Box 1, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Gustav Koerner HM 22657
1857 July 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Custodial History
Listed in catalog for Anderson Galleries, Autograph Letters and Lincolniana sale 1248, Lot 194, November 13-14, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:410-11.
Box 1, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to B. Clarke Lundy HM 3557
1857 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Copy in the hand of Charles W. McLelland. Letter was enclosed in Charles W. McLelland letter to Judd Stewart, 1912 June 10.
(2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:412-13.
Box 2, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25102
1857 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 453, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:427.
Box 2, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25101
1857 December 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 454, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:428.
Box 2, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Bloomington, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25100
1857 December 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 455, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:430.
Box 2, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Owen Lovejoy, Washington, D.C. HM 22663
1858 March 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 882, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:435-36.
Box 2, Folder 5
W.H. Hanna, Bloomington, Illinois, letter to Ward Hill Lamon LN 994
1858 April 14
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 6
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Ward Hill Lamon, Bloomington, Illinois LN 2362
1858 June 11
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes stamped and addressed cover. (2 pages)
General
Former call number: HM 5170.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:458-59.
Box 2, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 23999
1858 June 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 456, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 2:471-72.
Box 2, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 23998
1858 December 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 457, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:344-45.
Box 2, Folder 9
Lyman Trumbull, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23996
1859 January 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 459, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (4 pages)
Box 2, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 23997
1859 January 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 458, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:351.
Box 2, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25113
1859 February 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 460, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:355-56.
Box 2, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Charles Ambos HM 22656
1859 June 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:386-87.
Box 2, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Frederick C.W. Koehnle HM 25141
1859 July 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:391.
Box 2, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to D.J. Powers HM 22664
1859 August 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:397.
Box 2, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25112
1859 November 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 461, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Bibliography
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:495.
Box 2, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25111
1859 December 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 462, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:512-13.
Box 2, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to John Olney HM 22669
1860 February 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 3:521.
Box 2, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25110
1860 March 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 463, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:32.
Box 2, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25109
1860 March 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 464, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:34.
Box 2, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois, letter to Ward Hill Lamon LN 2361
1860 March 28
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
General
Former call number: HM 5178.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:34-5.
Box 2, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25108
1860 April 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 465, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:40.
Box 2, Folder 22
Lyman Trumbull, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25107
1860 April 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 466, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft, incomplete. (7 pages)
Box 2, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25106
1860 April 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 467, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:45-6.
Box 2, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25105
1860 May 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 468, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:47.
Box 2, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25114
1860 May 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 469, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:55-6.
Box 3, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25115
1860 May 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 470, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:59.
Box 3, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lieutenant H. Buck Jr. HR 235
1860 June 2
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Response to request for autograph with 3 x 2.5 cm oval photograph of Lincoln pasted on lower margin.
Recipient listed in Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln as H. Buck; surname is possibly Harbeck. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:68.
Box 3, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Samuel Haycraft HM 22651
1860 June 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:69-70.
Box 3, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Joseph C. Abbott HM 22670
1860 June 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:68.
Box 3, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25121
1860 June 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 471, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:71.
Volume 2
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Charles Sumner HM 23472
1860 June 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, George S. Hellman collection sale 1449, Lot 277, November 1919.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Lincoln acknowledges receipt of a copy of Sumner's speech "The Barbarism of Slavery." Bound with
copies of engraved portraits of Sumner and Lincoln and photograph portraits of Sumner, copies of engravings of Sumner family
residences, a typescript transcript of the letter, a typed explanation of the letter, and a printed chapter 23 from Life of
Charles Sumner. (letter 1 page, other material 28 pages)
Box 3, Folder 6
George S. Batcheller, Saratoga Springs, New York, letter to J.C. Ormsby HM 7112
1860 August 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written on campaign letterhead containing printed portrait of Abraham Lincoln at upper left. With
handwritten postscript: "Vote for Honest Old Abe!" (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to George G. Fogg, New York HM 22644
1860 August 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter includes New York Herald clipping pasted on first page. Includes addressed envelope. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:96-97.
Box 3, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Samuel Haycraft, Elizabethtown, Kentucky HM 25142
1860 August 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes stamped, addressed envelope (HM 3125). (2 pages)
Bibliography
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:97.
Box 3, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Samuel Haycraft, Elizabethtown, Kentucky HM 25155
1860 August 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. The date, location, addressee, salutation, and signature are cut off and filled in on second sheet by a
contemporary hand (Hannibal Hamlin). Includes stamped, addressed envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:99.
Box 3, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to George G. Fogg HM 22642
1860 August 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:102.
Box 3, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Mrs. M.J. Green HM 22647
1860 September 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:118.
Box 3, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to John M. Brockman HM 22668
1860 September 25
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Originals
Recipient's copy at the Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Illinois.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:121.
Box 3, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Nehemiah Day Sperry HM 22667
1860 September 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:121-22.
Box 3, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to David Hunter, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas HM 23994
1860 October 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 32, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter headed "Private & Confidential." Includes stamped, addressed envelope. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:132.
Box 3, Folder 15
George G. Fogg, New York, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25266
1860 October 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter written on "Presidential Campaign of 1860" letterhead. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to George G. Fogg HM 22645
1860 October 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Custodial History
Listed in catalog for Anderson Galleries, Autograph Letters and Lincolniana sale 1248, Lot 199, November 13-14, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:135.
Box 3, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Samuel Haycraft, Elizabethtown, Kentucky HM 25144
1860 November 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. The closing and signature have been cut off. Letter is headed "Private & Confidential." Includes stamped,
addressed envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:139.
Box 3, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Alexander H. Stephens HM 20002
1860 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 531, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:146.
Box 3, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25116
1860 December 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 472, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:149-50.
Box 3, Folder 20
Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville, Georgia, letter to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois HM 25192
1860 December 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (2 pages)
Box 3, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25120
1860 December 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 473, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. The letter's signature has been removed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:153.
Box 3, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Alexander H. Stephens HM 22646
1860 December 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter marked "For your own eye only." (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:160.
Box 3, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln fragment of letter cover addressed to Alexander H. Stephens, Richmond, Virginia HM 3122
approximately 1860 December 22?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Fragment contains Stephens's address and Lincoln's signature. Possibly envelope for letter Lincoln to Stephens, 1860 December
22 (HM 22646). (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Lyman Trumbull HM 25117
1860 December 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 474, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:162.
Box 3, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln note to unidentified recipient on visiting card HM 1742
approximately 1860
Physical Description: 5 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note. "A. Lincoln" visiting card with penciled note in hand of Abraham Lincoln that reads "Want to see you, but
will, call again if you are busy-." (1 item)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:419.
Box 4, Folder 1
E.H. Kennedy and W.H. Lapham, St. Paul, Minnesota, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23708
1861 January 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to George D. Prentice HM 22675
1861 February 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:184.
Box 4, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, letter to John A. Andrew and the Senate and House of Representatives of Massachusetts HM 22674
1861 February 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 4
Richard Yates, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Abraham Lincoln LN 732
1861 February 9
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 5
Samuel S. Cowles, Farmington, letter to H. Whittlesey HM 7479
1861 February 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter written on Lincoln campaign letterhead with portrait. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 6
G.A. Camp, St. Anthony, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23774
1861 February 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, New York, letter to Abraham Siddon Cox EG Box 36
1861 February 20, undated
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Also includes Abraham Lincoln autograph note signed to Colonel John Ramsey, undated. (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln copy of speech given in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania HM 13481
approximately 1861 February 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Handwritten copy, incomplete. Lincoln's speech given on the occasion of raising an American flag containing an additional
star for Kansas over Independence Hall. In hand of William Harrison Lambert. (1 page)
Publication Note
Speech text published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, 1861 February 23; The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:241-42.
Box 4, Folder 9
Citizens of Washington, D.C. petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2121
1861 February
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition with 63 signatures recommending B.B. French as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia.
(1 page)
Box 4, Folder 10
Citizens of Washington, D.C. petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2124
approximately 1861 February
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition with 23 signatures recommending B.B. French as United States Marshal for the District of Columbia.
(1 page)
Box 14, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy WE 225
1861 March 5
Physical Description: 36 x 48 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. Includes addressed envelope
labeled Department of State Official Business. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 11
Salmon P. Chase, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23404
1861 March 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by George Harrington. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of George Harrington as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury HM 2250
1861 March 13
Physical Description: 38 x 49 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 12
William H. Taylor, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23715
1861 March 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Salmon P. Chase HM 22679
1861 March 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:292.
Box 14, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Thomas William Sweeny SW 259
1861 March 19
Physical Description: Vellum; 50 x 40 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 1959.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Commission as Captain in the United States Army; signed by Lincoln and Secretary
of War Simon Cameron. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 14
Charles Walter, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23711
1861 March 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Gideon Welles WE 226
1861 March 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Stan V. Henkels, Gideon Welles papers sale 1342, Lot 5, January 1924.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes notes in unidentified hand to War Department and Navy Department. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Different version in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:301.
Box 14, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C. appointment of Hiram Barney as Collector of Customs, New York HB 2
1861 March 30
Physical Description: 38 x 48 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of William L. Adams as Collector of Customs, District of Oregon WA 47
1861 April 8
Physical Description: 28 x 43 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Salmon P. Chase HM 22680
1861 April 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Custodial History
Listed in catalog for Anderson Galleries, Autograph Letters and Lincolniana sale 1248, Lot 200, November 13-14, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:327.
Box 4, Folder 17
Mrs. M.A. Burnett, New Albany, Indiana, letter to Mary Todd Lincoln HM 23727
approximately 1861 April 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Box 4, Folder 18
John Armour Bingham, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 3630
1861 April 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope endorsed by Lincoln "Nebraska, McMath-." (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to unidentified recipient HM 22681
1861 April 27
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding Henry V. Sullivan, addressed to "Whom it may concern." (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:348.
Box 4, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Hannibal Hamlin HM 22672
1861 May 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Signature has been removed, and letter includes a note by Hamlin: "The above letter was written by Abraham
Lincoln to me but the signature has been cut off and given away. Hannibal Hamlin, April 1889." (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:357-58.
Box 14, Folder 6
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Franklin Taylor as Deputy Paymaster, West Chester, Pennsylvania HM 39907
1861 May 11
Physical Description: 26 x 41 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 21
Salmon P. Chase, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23405
1861 May 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (2 pages)
Box 4, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Simon Cameron HM 22683
1861 May 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:374.
Box 4, Folder 23
Charles L. Thomasson, Louisville, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23247
1861 May 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 412, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Joshua Fry Speed and Abraham Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Ephraim and Phoebe Ellsworth HM 25383
1861 May 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter addressed "To the Father and Mother of Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth." (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:385-86.
Box 4, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., testimonial for Ward Hill Lamon LN 2359
1861 June 5
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:395.
Box 5, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Gideon Welles HM 22684
1861 June 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:411.
Box 5, Folder 2
Ward Hill Lamon, Camp Lamon, Williamsport, Maryland, letter to Abraham Lincoln LN 519
1861 June 22
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter (author's copy). (2 pages)
Box 5, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Ward Hill Lamon LN 2358
1861 June 25
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope with franking signature. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:416.
Box 5, Folder 4
J.J. Hochstetter, Nebraska City, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23714
1861 July 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Endorsed by Royal Buck, Nebraska City. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 5
Edwin D. Morgan, New York, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25196
1861 July 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, second section, Lot 562, April 1-3, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes added autograph note signed from Lincoln to Hannibal Hamlin, and photograph of Morgan. (2
pages)
Box 5, Folder 6
Simon Cameron, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25197
1861 July 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Includes added autograph note signed Lincoln to Elisha Whittlesey, 1861 July 19. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's note in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:454.
Box 5, Folder 7
Moses Hampton, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23710
1861 July 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 5, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Simon Cameron HM 25146
1861 July 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:463.
Box 14, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Philip Schuyler HM 51901
1861 August 17
Physical Description: Vellum; 45 x 35 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Julian Binstock, December 1985.
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln note concerning Mr. Rutherford HM 3114
1861 August 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:496.
Box 5, Folder 10
Benjamin Brown French, Washington, D.C., letter to E.C. Carrington HM 25195
1861 August 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes autograph note signed Lincoln to Edward Bates, 1861 September 14. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's note in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:522.
Box 5, Folder 11
David Logan, Portland, Oregon, letter to Abraham Lincoln LN 1165
1861 September 5
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 5, Folder 12
E.P. Phelps, Alexandria, Virginia, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23935
1861 September 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 883, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes autograph note signed Lincoln to Benjamin B. French, commissioner of public buildings, 1861
September 30. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's note in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:542.
Box 5, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Oliver P. Morton HM 25147
1861 September 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. On Executive Mansion letterhead. (4 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 4:541-42.
Box 5, Folder 14
Ward Hill Lamon, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C. LN 514
1861 October 13
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed (author's copy). (2 pages)
Box 5, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter HM 23993
1861 October 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 34, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter addressed "To the Commander of the Department of the West." (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:1-2.
Box 5, Folder 16
Schuyler Colfax, South Bend, Indiana, letter to Simon Cameron EG Box 11
1861 October 24
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Simon Cameron, 1861 October 29, Abraham Lincoln, 1861 November 4, and John Potts, 1861
November 5. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:14 under Lincoln to Oliver P. Morton, 1861 November 4.
Box 5, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln, drafts of a bill for compensated emancipation in Delaware HM 3186, HM 3187, HM 3188
approximately 1861 November 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Page docketed 1 (HM 3188), page docketed 2 (HM 3187), page beginning "On reflection..." (HM 3186). (4
pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:29-31.
Box 5, Folder 18
Draft of an act for the gradual emancipation of slaves in the state of Delaware with just compensation to their owners HM 25280, HM 25281, HM 25282
approximately 1861 November 26?
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft (not in Lincoln's hand). (15 pages)
Box 5, Folder 19
Guy K. Cleveland, St. Paul, Minnesota, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23712
1861 December 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Caleb B. Smith HM 25148
1861 December 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, second section, Lot 565, April 1-3, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:68.
Box 5, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln draft of letter to the Senate prepared for Ward Hill Lamon LN 2352
approximately 1861 December 16
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. In the hand of Lincoln. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:72.
Box 5, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter HM 23992
1861 December 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 35, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes an envelope with note in the hand of David Hunter. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:84-5.
Box 5, Folder 23
A.S. Brewer et al, Columbiana County, Ohio, petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2126
approximately 1861
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition from Republican members of the bar recommending Hiram Griswold as District Attorney for the Northern
District of Ohio. Includes six signatures. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 8
An act for the gradual emancipation of slaves in the state of Delaware, with just compensation to their owners RB 647508
approximately 1861
Physical Description: 52 x 40 cm
Scope and Contents
Printed copy. (1 page)
Box 5, Folder 24
New York Ladies' Educational Union circular HM 3115
1862 January 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, second section, Lot 567, April 1-3, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln, Simon Cameron, Salmon P. Chase, and John C. Smith. (4 pages)
Box 5, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Simon Cameron FAC 283
1862 January 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Emanuel Hertz.
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Originals
Cameron Papers, Library of Congress.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:96.
Box 6, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Charles E. Mix HM 2112
1862 January 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Appointment to be Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:104.
Box 6, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln note requesting work for Gustave A. Balzer HM 25384
1862 January 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Written on fragment of envelope. See Pauline Balzer letter to Judd Stewart, 1910 April 7 (HM 25250)
for information on the note's origins (item is not in Lincoln collection). (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:109.
Box 6, Folder 3
Ward Hill Lamon, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln LN 502
1862 January 31
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed (author's copy). Letter submitting resignation from the Office of Marshal for the District of Columbia.
(3 pages)
Box 6, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Lazarus W. Powell HM 25149
1862 February 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:127.
Box 6, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln note to George B. McClellan HM 25150
1862 February 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:132.
Box 14, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Richard F. O'Beirne CW 254
1862 February 21
Physical Description: 45 x 35 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 6
Abraham Lincoln note to Edwin M. Stanton HM 25151
1862 February 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 196, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Written on the reverse of a note regarding the "Little Sergeant." (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:138.
Box 6, Folder 7
John A. Dahlgren, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 20326
1862 March 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (6 pages)
Box 6, Folder 8
Citizens of Florida petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 23700
1862 May 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Petition of L.D. Stickney and seven others recommending Orloff M. Dorman be appointed provincial governor
of Florida. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew G. Curtin HM 25152
1862 May 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:239.
Box 6, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln recommendation of Ward Hill Lamon LN 2357
1862 May 28
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Recommendation of Lamon for scouting purposes written on an envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:247.
Box 6, Folder 11
John S. Gallaher, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23706
1862 July 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes extracts from two letters to Gallaher from Colonel C.K. Craig, 1862 July 4, and from George
Ashmun, 1861 September 30. (4 pages)
Box 6, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, authorization to William H. Seward HM 39908
1862 July 24
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of
James Corrigan. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to George P. Edgar HM 3129
1862 July 26
Physical Description: 47 x 39 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 13
Elisha Whittlesey, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23698
1862 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Recommendation of William G. Whittlesey for Register of Wills, Orphans Court, Washington, D.C. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Thomas Emerson as Collector of Taxes, Wisconsin HM 50173
1862 August 27
Physical Description: 28 x 42 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. R.M. Richmond, September 1985.
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of Samuel McKenney as a visitor of the Government Hospital for the Insane HM 3126
1862 August 30
Physical Description: 38 x 51 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of Interior Caleb B. Smith. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to William Sprague HM 25153
1862 September 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:431.
Box 6, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln note to Edwin M. Stanton HM 63710
approximately 1862 September
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Custodial History
Listed in catalog for Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 196, January 25-26, 1917.
Custodial History
Transferred from Department of Rare Books, 1997.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. In pencil. Note is written on back of calling card of Le Prince Felix de Salm Salm. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:426.
Box 6, Folder 16
Francis J. Lippitt, Fort Humboldt, California, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23699
1862 October 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Request for leave. Endorsed by Henry W. Halleck and Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 17
George Francis Train, Portland, slogan HM 2123
1862 October 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Includes carte-de-visite portrait of Train with James S. Earle & Son imprint. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln note requesting employment for Miss Sommers HM 39909
1862 October 23
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, Boston HM 23934
1862 November 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. With signature of John G. Nicolay pasted on second sheet. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:492.
Box 6, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 39887
1862 November 10
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of
James W. Walters. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to General Frederick Steele, Governor John Smith Phelps et al, Arkansas HM 22673
1862 November 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Civil War collection, Lot 637, March 9-10, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter addressed to "Gen. Steele, Governor Phelps, and all having military and Naval authority, under the United
States, within the State of Arkansas." In hand of John G. Nicolay; address and insertions in Lincoln's hand. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 5:500.
Box 6, Folder 22
Hamilton R. Gamble, St. Louis, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 13448
1862 December 5
Physical Description: Some damage with loss of text.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (3 pages)
Box 6, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Robert Shelton MacKenzie HM 25166
1862 December 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Brief letter providing autograph. (1 page)
Publication Note
Listed and described in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Appendix 2, 8:506.
Box 6, Folder 24
J.E. Peyton, Philadelphia, letter to Lorenzo Thomas HM 25118
1863 January 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 499, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton, Andrew Gregg Curtin, and 12 others. (2 pages)
Box 6, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Caleb B. Smith HM 25154
1863 January 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, second section, Lot 569, April 1-3, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:49-50.
Box 7, Folder 1
William H. Doherty, New Bern, North Carolina, letter to Salmon P. Chase HM 23937
1863 January 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 892, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes envelope in which the letter was forwarded to the President, endorsed by Lincoln. (3 pages)
Box 7, Folder 2
Edward Bates, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 20279
1863 January 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Recommendation of Reverend William K. Talbot for Hospital Chaplain at Columbus, Kentucky. Endorsed
by Abraham Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Edwin M. Stanton HM 70158
1863 January 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Paanaker, 1994.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:76-7.
Box 7, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Montgomery C. Meigs HM 25167
1863 January 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:85.
Box 7, Folder 4
Francis W. Kellogg et al, Washington, D.C., petition to Abraham Lincoln EG Box 33
1863 February 2
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Petition 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 signed by F. W. Kellogg, R. E. Trowbridge, Z. Chandler,
F C. Bearman, and J. M. Howard. On House of Representatives letterhead. With endorsement by Lincoln, 1863 February 26. (1
page)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:117 as to Edward Bates.
Box 7, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 39910
1863 February 5
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. 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. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 6
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 39911
1863 February 13
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. 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. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln memorandum HM 25129
1863 February 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Civil War collection, Lot 638, March 9-10, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Regarding the transfer of General Richard W. Johnson. (1 page)
Bibliography
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:104.
Box 14, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to James Hardie HM 2136
1863 February 21
Physical Description: 50 x 38 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 3130
1863 February 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. 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. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 39912
1863 February 28
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Printed form, filled in. 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. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 10
William M. Dunn et al, Washington, D.C., petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2125
1863 March 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Petition from the Representatives in Congress from Indiana recommending John Nixon for Judge of
the Court of Claims and signed by W.M. Dunn, Schuyler Colfax, George W. Julian, J.P.C. Shanks, A.S. White, and William Mitchell.
On House of Representatives letterhead. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., authorization to William H. Seward HM 39913
1863 March 10
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a warrant for the pardon of
Thomas Shelby. Printed form, filled in. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Thomas W. Sweeny SW 260
1863 March 16
Physical Description: 50 x 40 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 1959.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln note HM 65752
1863 March 21
Custodial History
Transferred from the
George Shane Phillips papers , mssHM 77128-77352, and referred to in the finding aid as HM 77338, which may have been a former call number for the item.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Note regarding beef contractors on envelope with endorsements by officers of the Subsistence Office
and Colonel A. Beckwith. With endorsement of Lincoln: "Submitted to the War Department, for Commissary General." (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln envelope addressed to Andrew Johnson HM 8216
approximately 1863 March 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, George S. Hellman collection sale 1449, Lot 257 (item 27), November 1919.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph envelope signed with franking signature. Andrew Johnson franking signature is pasted on lower left corner. Item
is mounted. (1 item)
Box 7, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Nathaniel Banks HM 23555
1863 March 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Edwin W. Coggeshall sale part 1, through George D. Smith, April 25-27, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Removed from volume containing HM 23500-23501, HM 23553-23566 (Volume 3) in May 2009.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:154.
Box 7, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter HM 23991
1863 April 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:158.
Box 7, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to David Hunter and Samuel F. Du Pont HM 23990
1863 April 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 37, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope with franking signature. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:173-74.
Box 7, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of George Harrington HM 3117
1863 April 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Appointment of Harrington as Secretary of the Treasury, pro tem. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Hooker HM 25156
1863 April 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:189-90.
Box 14, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Alonzo J. Bellows HM 3128
1863 June 8
Physical Description: 50 x 38 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter HM 23988
1863 June 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 39, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In the handwriting of John Hay, with envelope endorsed by David Hunter. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:256.
Box 7, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to John M. Schofield HB Box 22 (7)
1863 June 22
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:291.
Box 7, Folder 21
John A. Gurley, Cincinnati, Ohio, petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2114
1863 June 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Petition recommending Almon Gage as Attorney for the Territory of Arizona, with additional signatures
of Charles D. Poston, W. Wrightson, and S.P. Heintzelman. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter HM 23989
1863 June 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 39, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In the hand of John Hay. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:310.
Box 7, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Elizabeth J. Grimsley HM 25157
1863 August 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:385-86.
Box 7, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Edwin M. Stanton HM 3727
1863 August 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:399.
Box 14, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of John North as Associate Justice of Supreme Court, Nevada Territory NO 28
1863 August 30
Physical Description: 36 x 44 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Acting Secretary of State Frederick W. Seward. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 25
Jacob Jacoby pardon material HM 2253, HM 2254, HM 23921, HM 23922, HM 23930, HM 23931, HM 23932
1863 August 18-September 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 885, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Items include: Jacob Jacoby, Camp Douglas, Illinois, autograph letter signed to wife and family, 1863 August 18 (HM 23921);
Jacob Jacoby, Camp Douglas, Illinois, autograph letter signed to James S. Jacoby, 1863 August 24 (HM 23931); C.S. Brent, Paris,
Kentucky, autograph document signed petition for release of Jacob Jacoby, 1863 September 11 (HM 2254); George W. Williams
autograph document signed petition for the release of Jacob Jacoby, 1863 September 11, with added P.A. Prall autograph note
signed (HM 23932); Brutus J. Clay, Paris, Kentucky, autograph letter signed to Commissary General of Prisoners William Hoffman,
Washington, D.C., 1863 September 13 (HM 23922); James S. Jacoby letter signed to Commissary General of Prisoners William Hoffman,
Washington, D.C., approximately 1863 September 15 (HM 23930); envelope labeled "Jacob Jacoby" and endorsed by Abraham Lincoln
with "File, A.L., Sep. 19. 1863." (HM 2253). (14 pages)
Volume 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Nathaniel Banks HM 23564
1863 September 19
Physical Description: Bound with HM 23500-23501, HM 23553-23554, HM 23556-23563, HM 23566.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Edwin W. Coggeshall sale part 1, through George D. Smith, April 25-27, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 1
John P. Hale letter recommending Belle Garcia HM 3138
1863 September
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Autograph note signed by Abraham Lincoln, 1863 September 24, in lower margin. (1 page)
Publication Note
Lincoln's recommendation in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:479.
Box 8, Folder 2
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to John M. Schofield HB Box 22 (7)
1863 October 1
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Draft at Library of Congress is in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:492-93.
Box 8, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, note to Edwin M. Stanton HM 25158
1863 October 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:542.
Box 8, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to John M. Schofield HB Box 22 (7)
1863 October 28
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Letter signed copy or draft at Library of Congress is in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 6:543-44.
Box 8, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Nathaniel Banks HM 23565
1863 November 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Edwin W. Coggeshall sale part 1, through George D. Smith, April 25-27, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Separated Materials
Removed from volume containing HM 23500-23501, HM 23553-23566 (Volume 3) in May 2009.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:1-2.
Box 8, Folder 6
John Burnam, Bowling Green, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23912
1863 November 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Includes R. Rodes et al petition signed to Abraham Lincoln. (3 pages)
Box 8, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, note to Samuel Yorke At Lee CW 252
1863 November 18
Custodial History
Transferred from the
Civil War collection , mssCW. Originally enclosed with Morris, De Witt Clinton letter to Mrs. E.S. Randolph, 1864 June (CW 315), which had been
removed from R.U. Johnson and C.C. Buel, eds.,
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War... (New York: The Century Co., [1887-88]), vol. 10, RB 298000.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 8
W. W. Thomas, Jacksonville, Illinois, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23911
1863 December 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, 1863 December 21. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 9
Reuben Shultz, Gentry County, Missouri, letter to L.B. Wynne HM 23910
1863 December 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. With envelope marked "Pardoned by order of the President." (4 pages)
Box 8, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to James H. Hoes HM 25175
1863 December 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In the handwriting of John Hay. With enveloped addressed by Hay and franked by Nicolay. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:75.
Box 8, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln order to Edward Bates HM 23909
1863 December 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Order to make out a pardon for John Burnam written on the face of an envelope addressed to Lincoln.
(1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:80.
Box 8, Folder 12
C. F. Burnam, Bowling Green, Kentucky, statement HM 2252
1863 December 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Statement that John Burnam has executed bond for $10,000. Also signed by H. Grider. Includes envelope
marked "Pardoned by order of the President, Dec 21. 63." (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln autographed photograph HM 3124
approximately 1863
Physical Description: 10.5 x 6 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Carte-de-visite presented personally to W.H.H. Jones at the War Office, Washington, D.C., with signature in bottom margin.
Alexander Gardner imprint and note of W.H.H. Jones on reverse.
Box 8, Folder 14
John G. Nicolay, Washington, D.C., letter to William B. Sprague, Albany, New York HM 25240
1864 January 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Cover letter for "a note from the President of the United States." (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Frederick Steele HM 23886
1864 January 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:141-42.
Box 8, Folder 16
Reuben Shultz, Gentry County, Missouri, letter to Austin A. King, Washington, D.C. HM 23923
1864 January 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Request for pardon, includes Lincoln autograph note signed to Edward Bates, 1864 March 2. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:218.
Box 8, Folder 17
Austin A. King, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23936
1864 January 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 886, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Request for pardon of John B. Corner of Missouri. Signed and endorsed by Lincoln, 1864 January 27.
Includes filing envelope. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:152 as to Edward Bates.
Box 8, Folder 18
James S. Rollins et al, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23924
1864 February 8.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. 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, 1864 February 17 and March 2, and one of Edward Bates, 1864 March 2. Includes
filing envelope. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:189 as to Edward Bates.
Box 8, Folder 19
Attorney General's Office, Washington, D.C., draft of circular letter to District Attorneys HM 3108
1864 February
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale 1280, Lot 884, March 1, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Circular with Lincoln's instructions to District Attorneys regarding their procedure in fulfilling the conditions set forth
in the President's Proclamation of Amnesty, 1863 December 8. In the hand of secretaries. (8 pages)
Box 8, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Edwin M. Stanton CW 255
1864 March 10
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Partially published in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:238, after the description in American Art Association Anderson
Galleries Catalog 4115, May 17, 1934, no. 180.
Box 8, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln note on slavery HM 22678
1864 March 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Possibly originally written in an autograph for a U.S. Sanitary Commission fair (see note in Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln). (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:260.
Box 8, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to George Gordon Meade CW 253
1864 March 24
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:265.
Box 8, Folder 23
William H. Wallace, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23928
1864 March 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Recommendation for two appointments for the Territory of Montana. Includes envelope endorsed by Lincoln
"File. AL. March 31, 1864." (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 24
Abraham Lincoln note to Charles Sumner HM 10532
1864 April 5
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Enclosed in 1864 April 8 letter of Charles Sumner. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:288.
Box 8, Folder 25
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Mary Tyler Peabody Mann HM 10531
1864 April 5
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy, made by Susan B. Anthony. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed at the Library of Congress.
Publication Note
Autograph draft signed at Library of Congress in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:287.
Box 9, Folder 1
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Ulysses S. Grant HM 25159
1864 April 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:324.
Box 9, Folder 2
Charles B. Lawrence, Galesburg, Illinois, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23697
1864 May 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Recommendation of John J. Weed as assistant solicitor to the Court of Claims. With nine 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. Includes addressed envelope. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Henry W. Slocum HM 25160
1864 June 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Civil War collection, Lot 648, March 9-10, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:378.
Box 9, Folder 4
H. Lane et al petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 23925
before 1864 June 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition recommending Nathaniel Usher for the office of Chief Justice of the Territory of Montana; also signed
by: Schuyler Colfax, Godlove S. Orth, John D. Defrees, and George W. Julian. Marked "File" by Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 5
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of George Harrington HM 2258
1864 June 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Appointment of Harrington "to perform… the duties of Secretary of the Treasury until a successor to Mr. Chase
shall be commissioned." (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:418-19.
Box 9, Folder 6
DeWitt Clinton Morris, Washington, D.C., letter to Mrs. E.S. Randolph CW 315
1864 June
Custodial History
Transferred from the
Civil War collection , mssCW. Originally enclosed with Morris, De Witt Clinton letter to Mrs. E.S. Randolph, 1864 June (CW 315), which had been
removed from R.U. Johnson and C.C. Buel, eds.,
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War... (New York: The Century Co., [1887-88]), vol. 10, RB 298000.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Originally attached to Abraham Lincoln letter to Samuel Yorke At Lee, 1863 November 18 (CW 252).
Box 14, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to Thomas W. Sweeny SW 261
1864 July 1
Physical Description: 50 x 40 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mrs. William M. Sweeny, January 1959.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Abram Wakeman LN 2355
1864 July 25
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:461.
Box 9, Folder 8
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., appointment of George Harrington HM 2259
1864 July 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Appointment of Harrington to perform the duties of Secretary of the Treasury in the absence of William P.
Fessenden. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:471.
Box 14, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., military commission to John C. Gardiner HM 50174
1864 August 1
Physical Description: 50 x 40 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. R.M. Richmond, September 1985.
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., "Blind Memorandum" WE 224 A&B
1864 August 23
Physical Description: Damaged and repaired.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Stan V. Henkels, Gideon Welles papers sale 1342, Lot 41, January 1924.
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy (second copy), with copies of signatures of Lincoln and cabinet members. Memorandum regarding probable failure
of re-election. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Originals
Autograph draft signed in Abraham Lincoln papers, Library of Congress.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:514.
Box 9, Folder 10
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Samuel R. Curtis HM 22662
1864 September 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:530.
Box 9, Folder 11
Abraham Lincoln and Ward Hill Lamon statement regarding the "Antietam episode" LN 2354
approximately 1864 September 12
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Entirely in the hand of Lincoln and signed by Lamon. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 7:548-49.
Box 9, Folder 12
Abraham Lincoln electoral vote estimate HM 2032
1864 October 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, John L. Clawson sale 1266, Lot 347, January 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. 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. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Formerly bound with HM 2031 and HM 2033 and removed February 1988 (see Volume 7).
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:46.
Box 9, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln pass for Mr. Livingston HM 2031
1864 October 24
Physical Description: 5 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, John L. Clawson sale 1266, Lot 347, January 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Also signed by Henry W. Halleck. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Formerly bound with HM 2032 and HM 2033 and removed February 1988 (see Volume 7).
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:75.
Box 9, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Samuel Austin Allibone AL 232
1864 October 29
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Includes addressed envelope franked by John Hay. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:79.
Box 9, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln note concerning the appointment of Henry Sherman HM 3118
1864 October 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Note written on envelope. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:82 as to Edward Bates.
Box 9, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Edwin M. Stanton CW 256
1864 November 7
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Instructions to exchange two prisoners of war. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 17
Stephen G. Burbridge, Lexington, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25133
1864 November 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Letter. Identified as "copy for Surgeon in chief T.S. Bell" on letterhead of the Office of The Mayor, Louisville, Kentucky.
(6 pages)
Box 9, Folder 18
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C, letter to Marsena R. Patrick HM 25168
1864 November 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Bibliography
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:105.
Box 9, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Ward Hill Lamon LN 2353
approximately 1864 November 29
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:123.
Box 9, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln endorsement of employment application for unidentified woman HM 25161
1864 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:124.
Volume 3
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Nathaniel Banks HM 23566
1864 December 2
Physical Description: Bound with HM 23500-23501, HM 23553-23554, HM 23556-23564.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Edwin W. Coggeshall sale part 1, through George D. Smith, April 25-27, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 20
U.S. Congress resolution to amend constitution, 13th Amendment HM 3121 (1) and (2)
1864 December 5
Physical Description: On vellum; 54 x 40 cm
Scope and Contents
Documents signed. Two printed resolution forms filled-in and signed by 131 (1) and 100 (2) Congressmen. Includes added dates
for approvals in House, Senate and final. (2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 21
U.S. Congress resolution to amend constitution, 13th Amendment HM 3121 (3)
1864 December 5
Physical Description: On vellum; 56 x 41 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by 153 Congressmen with attached signature of Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 21
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., permission for Leonard Swett LN 2397
approximately 1864 December 8
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Permission for Leonard Swett to pass through military and naval lines for the purpose of fulfilling his
contract with the Treasury Department. On letterhead of Treasury Department, Second Agency, Memphis, Tennessee. (2 pages)
Box 9, Folder 22
Abraham Lincoln pass for unidentified soldier's wife HM 3119
1864 December 9
Physical Description: 5 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 575, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Pass from Washington to New York. (1 page)
Bibliography
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:160.
Box 10, Folder 1
Simon Cameron, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23333
1864 December 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 467, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 2
Citizens of Washington, D.C. petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 8276
1864 December 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition recommending Daniel R. Goodloe for the position of Marshal of the District of Columbia, with over
50 signatures. Includes addressed envelope marked "File A.L. Dec. 12. 1864." in Lincoln's hand. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 3
Austin A. King, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23929
1864 December 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding pardon for Levi Brashear and William A. Guthrie. Endorsed by Lincoln: "Attorney
General please make out pardons in these two cases. A. Lincoln." Includes a statement of the cases in the United States Circuit
Court of Missouri, referred to in the letter, and filing envelope. (3 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:193 as to James Speed.
Volume 4
Abraham Lincoln notebook of clippings of newspaper accounts of speeches HM 2144
1854-1864
Physical Description: 13 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 477, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Notebook contains newspaper clippings regarding Lincoln's speeches about his views on slavery and racial equality with added
notes by Lincoln. Also present is an autograph draft or copy letter signed from Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, to James N.
Brown, 1858 October 18. Clippings date from 1854 to approximately 1864; Lincoln's notes are in ink and date from 1858. The
notebook appears to have been created by Lincoln in 1858 for the use of James N. Brown; later notes are in pencil and are
attributed to Brown. Clippings are glued to pages, most are folded. (52 pages with content)
Box 10, Folder 4
Reader W. Clarke, Batavia, Ohio, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23329
1865 January 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 472, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Recommending the reappointment of A.C. Sands as Marshal of the Southern District of Ohio. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 5
Citizens of Key West, Florida petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 2122
1865 January 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition regarding clemency in the case of James Kelly with 40 signatures. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 6
Thomas T. Eckert letter to Alexander H. Stephens, John A. Campbell, and R.M.T. Hunter HM 22659
approximately 1864 January 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Includes Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., autograph letter signed to Francis P. Blair, 1865 January 18.
(2 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln letter to Blair in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:220-21.
Box 14, Folder 22
U.S. Congress resolution to amend constitution, 13th amendment HM 3184
1865 February 1
Physical Description: 50 x 37 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William H. Lambert collection, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Contemporary "souvenir" copy signed by Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 7
Abraham Lincoln note to William P. Fessenden HM 22661
1865 February 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Note regarding employment for an unidentified woman. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:269.
Box 10, Folder 8
Illinois Legislature, House of Representatives petition to Abraham Lincoln HM 1743
1865 February 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Petition recommending E.N. Powell as a Justice of the United States for the Territory of Nebraska, contains
58 signatures. Date is that of filing; endorsed by Lincoln "File A.L. Feb. 11. 1865." (2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 23
Abraham Lincoln, appointment of Mathias V. Buckey as Justice of the Peace, Washington, D.C. HM 31518
1865 February 14
Physical Description: 33 x 42 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 9
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Joseph Holt HM 41544
1865 February 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph H. Rose, April 1975.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes addressed envelope with franking signature. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:303.
Volume 5
Abraham Lincoln note to Risley HM 26957
1865 February 20
Physical Description: Housed in presentation leather binding.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 10
James M. Campbell, Knoxville, Tennessee, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23926
1865 February 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter requesting special pardon, includes filing envelope. (3 pages)
Box 10, Folder 11
D.B. Childress letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23933
1865 February 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter requesting special pardon, endorsed by Lincoln. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:317 as to James Speed.
Box 10, Folder 12
James Britton, Knoxville, Tennessee, letter to Andrew Johnson HM 23927
1865 March 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter requesting special pardon for James M. Campbell; endorsed by Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln,
1865 March 22. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:370.
Box 10, Folder 13
Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., executive order in favor of Lucius H. Terry HM 3132
1865 March 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from A.D. Clark Co.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:341-42.
Box 10, Folder 14
Rufus P. Spalding letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 25198
before 1865 March 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter 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. Endorsed by Lincoln. (1 page)
Publication Note
Lincoln's endorsement in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:346.
Box 10, Folder 15
Abraham Lincoln note to Edwin M. Stanton HM 25162
1865 March 11
Physical Description: 5 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. 1 page.
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:351.
Box 10, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln note requesting promotion for S. James Johnson HM 3120
1865 March 15
Physical Description: 5 x 8.5 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:354 as to Hugh McCulloch.
Box 10, Folder 17
Abraham Lincoln signed note on photograph portrait HM 805
1865 March 17
Physical Description: Note 3.5 x 10 cm; photograph 25 x 20 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Note reads "Let it be done" and is pasted below oval portrait of Lincoln on mount, with imprint "Brady
& Co., Photographers." (1 item)
Box 10, Folder 18
Ulysses S. Grant, City Point, Virginia, letter to Abraham Lincoln HM 23788
1865 March 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 306, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter requesting visit. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 19
Abraham Lincoln, City Point, Virginia, letter to Edwin M. Stanton HM 25163
1865 March 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. In pencil. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:375.
Box 15
Abraham Lincoln pass for Ward Hill Lamon LN 2371
1865 April 11
Physical Description: 5 x 9 cm
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph note signed. Pass for Lamon and friend from Washington, D.C. to Richmond and return. Item is known as the "Death
Warrant" pass and is housed in a silver case with silk lining. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 24
Ships papers for barque Sarah at the port of New Bedford HM 2030
1865 April 29
Physical Description: 44 x 56 cm
Language of Material: Form in English, French, Spanish, and Dutch.
Scope and Contents
Document signed; printed form, filled in. Papers for whaling voyage. Signed by Lincoln and Secretary of State William H. Seward.
Document is dated 1865 April 29 multiple times. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 20
Abraham Lincoln autograph notes HM 46553 (1)
1864-1865, undated
Scope and Contents
Single album leaf with four autograph notes (one signed, two initialed).
Separated Materials
Legal records
1838-before 1860
Physical Description: 2.34 Linear Feet(2 boxes)
Scope and Contents
This series contains legal documents primarily pertaining to various cases handled by Lincoln during his law partnerships,
especially with William H. Herndon. Also present is Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln indenture of land in Illinois to
Lincoln's stepbrother, John D. Johnston, 1851 August 12. Autograph and signature status for Lincoln is noted at the item level.
Some correspondence in series 1 relates to Lincoln's legal cases.
Arrangement
Material is arranged chronologically.
Box 11, Folder 1
Albert G. Williams v. John M. Cabaniss and George L. Cabaniss, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 3112
1838 September 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, John L. Clawson sale 1290, Lot 216, March 26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Declaration; copy of the instrument declared on, and assignment thereon. In the hand of Abraham Lincoln,
with signature "Stuart & Lincoln for Plff." (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 2
James Bell & Co. v. Garrett Elkin, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 1745
1839 June 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Praecipe. In hand of Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln." (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 3
Jared B. Ford & Mary Ford v. John Ford & John Ford, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 2128
approximately 1839
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document. On petition to sell real estate, Stephen A. Douglas appointed guardian ad litum. In hand of Lincoln. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 4
Wharton Randell v. Goodrich Lightfoot & Henry Lightfoot, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 3111
1840 April 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 194, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Declaration; copy of note sued on. In hand of Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln, p.q." (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 5
Gershom Jayne v. John N. Ely, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 2130
1840 July 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Narrative, signed S.T. Logan, pq. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 6
William B. Crane v. Samuel Grubb, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 3113
1841 March 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from the Anderson Galleries, George P. Marsh sale 1410, Lot 262, March 19-20, 1919.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Bill in chancery. In hand of Lincoln; signed & Lincoln for Complnt." With added note on back, also signed.
(3 pages)
Box 11, Folder 7
John White indenture to John Constant HM 3159
1841 July 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, C.F. Gunther sale part 3, Lot 132, November 1919.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Deed from John White to John Constant for real estate in and near Springfield, Illinois. In hand of Lincoln,
notarized by William Lavely, Justice of the Peace. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 8
James Alexander v. Thomas Affleck and Hiram Rutherford HM 3136
approximately 1843 October 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. The separate answer of Thomas Affleck to a bill in chancery filed against him and Hiram Rutherford by James
Alexander, administrator of John H. McClelland, deceased. In hand of Lincoln; followed with a note by the complainant. Date
on document is crossed out. (4 pages)
Box 11, Folder 9
Robert S. Todd v. Nathaniel A. Ware, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 1741
before 1843 December 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 438, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Affidavit of Abraham Lincoln, solicitor in case. In hand of Lincoln, signed "A. Lincoln"; followed
by a motion to rule signed "Logan & Lincoln, pq." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Daniel W. Stowell, ed., The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008), 1:327.
Box 11, Folder 10
Thomas M. Hope for the use of Joseph E. Norwood vs. Isaac W. Beebee, Edmund D. Taylor, and David Kreigh, Illinois Circuit
Court (Sangamon County)
HM 3127
before 1845 March 3
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Praecipe. In hand of Lincoln, signed "Lincoln & Herndon, p.q." (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 11
Hugh K. Cooper v. Isaac W. Crosby and Silas W. Robbins HM 3110
1846 November 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Hale-Hunter sale 1270, Lot 195, January 25-26, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Affidavit of Hugh K. Cooper in a suit in chancery, brought by him against Isaac W. Crosby and Silas W. Robbins.
Body of the document in hand of Lincoln. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 12
Cabaniss ads. Reeves & Co., Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 2132
1847 November 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. General replication and joinder, with signatures "S.T. Logan, p.q." and "Stuart & Edwards, p.d." (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 13
Corcoran & Riggs, Washington, D.C., check HM 1738
1849 February 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Check drawing in favor of A. Lincoln. Endorsed by Lincoln and Joseph H. Berry. (1 page)
Publication Note
Described in Appendix 2, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 8:445.
Box 11, Folder 14
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln indenture to John D. Johnston, Springfield, Illinois HM 3101
1851 August 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from George D. Smith, March 3, 1920.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Indenture for 80 acres in Coles County, Illinois. In hand of Lincoln and signed "A. Lincoln, M. Lincoln."
Includes separate docketed cover. (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 15
David Baily ads. Samuel Davidson, Illinois Circuit Court (Edgar County) HM 1737
before 1851 October 28
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Plea. In hand of Lincoln and signed "Lincoln, p.d." Also signed for the plaintiff by attorney Kirby Benedict.
Previously enclosed in letter from Jesse W. Weik to Nast, 1897 July 16. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 16
Abraham Lincoln envelopes addressed to Ward Hill Lamon LN 2369 (1-2)
approximately 1853 August 20
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph documents. Two envelopes stamped and postmarked from Springfield. The postmark for LN 2369 (1) is partially illegible;
LN 2369 (2) is postmarked 1853 August 20. (2 items)
Box 11, Folder 17
Illinois Central Railroad v. McLean County, Illinois, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) LN 2367
approximately 1854 February
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Brief. In hand of Lincoln. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Daniel W. Stowell, ed., The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008), 2:389.
Box 11, Folder 18
John Jackson v. William Whorrall, Illinois Circuit Court (Woodford County) HM 3058
approximately 1854 April 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from Ellen Scriven, April 1924.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Notice to take deposition. In hand of Lincoln, signed "Lincoln, for Deft." (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 19
Eleanor Smith v. Septimus Smith, Illinois Circuit Court (Vermillion County) LN 2366
approximately 1854 May
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Bill in chancery. In hand of Lincoln; signed "Lincoln & Lamon, for Complainant." (2 pages)
Box 11, Folder 20
Isaac Cossens v. Joshua Parrish, Illinois Circuit Court (Vermillion County) LN 2350
1855 April 14
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Isaac Cossens note to Lincoln & Lamon; in hand of Ward Hill Lamon. Retainer in a suit against Joshua Parrish
for slander. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 21
Lucy Matthews v. Josiah Matthews, Josiah Matthews v. Lucy Matthews, Illinois Circuit Court (Tazewell County) HM 3140
before 1855 October 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Decree of Court in divorce case. Text in hand of Lincoln; signed by judge D. Davis. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 22
Nancy J. Pea v. Greenberry Williams, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) HM 1740
before 1855 November 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 446, January 14-16, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Declaration. In hand of Lincoln, signed "Lincoln & Herndon, p.q." (4 pages)
Box 12, Folder 1
Correll et al v. McDaniel et al, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) LN 2364
approximately 1855 November
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Will case. In hand of Lincoln. (16 pages)
Publication Note
Daniel W. Stowell, ed., The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: Legal Documents and Cases (University of Virginia Press, 2008), 3:106.
Box 12, Folder 2
Hanah Lacock, Danville, Illinois, receipt to Lincoln & Lamon LN 2374
1856 January 24
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Receipt for $40 for a judgment recovered against the Great Western Rail Road Company. In hand of Ward Hill
Lamon, signed by D. Lacock. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 3
Hildreth v. Turner, Mayers & Mayers v. Turner; Mayers & Mayers v. Turner LN 2368
approximately 1856 February
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Points applicable to all cases. In hand of Lincoln. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 4
Abraham Lincoln opinion concerning the validity of land titles in Beloit, Wisconsin LN 2387
1856 March 24
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Signed "A. Lincoln." (7 pages)
Box 12, Folder 5
Mary Ann Hillman et al v. John Hillman et al, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County) LN 2363
before 1860
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document. Bill in chancery. In hand of Lincoln. (5 pages)
Box 12, Folder 6
DeWitt C. Gale v. Morgan County Bank, United States Circuit Court (Illinois: Southern District) LN 2365
approximately 1858 January
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Document. Notes on a suit in assumpsit. In hand of Lincoln. (7 pages)
Box 12, Folder 7
Samuel A. Harvey et al v. Archa Campbell et al, Illinois Circuit Court (Champaign County) HM 1739
1858 April 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection second section, Lot 558, April 1-3, 1914.
Scope and Contents
Document. Judgment. In hand of Lincoln. Authenticated in the margin by Clerk of the Court W.H. Somers; includes docketed envelope.
(1 page)
Material related to Lincoln
approximately 1830?-1911
Physical Description: 3 Linear Feet(3 boxes, 3 volumes)
Scope and Contents
This series contains letters, telegrams, and orders relating to Lincoln, especially to his assassination, and the pursuit
and trials of the assassination conspirators. In addition, there are several commemorative poems and resolutions, and other
items that concern Lincoln's legacy, including a certified copy of the Emancipation Proclamation with a black seal and mourning
ribbon. Also present are two letters of John Wilkes Booth, neither of which mention Lincoln.
Arrangement
Material is arranged chronologically.
Box 12, Folder 8
Carl F. Wierum, Hamburg, Germany, "Lincoln" poem translation HM 15864
approximately 1861
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. German translation of William Marsh's poem "Lincoln." Includes printed copy of Marsh's poem in English,
and a note addressed to "my dear daughter" in English. (3 pages)
Box 12, Folder 9
John Wilkes Booth, Philadelphia, letter to V. Butsch HM 25194
1862 August 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
John Rhodehamel and Louise Taper, eds., "Right or Wrong, God Judge Me:" the Writings of John Wilkes Booth (Urbana: University
of Illinois Press, 1997), 81.
Box 12, Folder 10
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, Washington, D.C., letter to J. Mandeville Carlisle, Washington, D.C. HM 23694
1863 April 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter quotes a passage from Lincoln's proclamation of April 19, 1861. (4 pages)
Box 12, Folder 11
J. Mandeville Carlisle, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons HM 23696
1863 April 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. Letter in reply to Lord Lyons' reference to the President's proclamation. (4 pages)
Box 12, Folder 12
John Wilkes Booth, New Orleans, letter to R.M. Johnson EG Box 6
1864 March 28
Custodial History
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 13
Henry A. Boardman sermon from Psalm 46:10, "Be still, & know that I am God" HM 1984
1865 April 16
Scope and Contents
Manuscript. Front paper cover has title "Ps 46.10. 'Be still' etc. On the death of Prest. Lincoln" and additional note "(1311
Spruce St.)." (46 pages)
Box 12, Folder 14
Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., telegram to David G. Farragut HM 23892
1865 April 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Requests Farragut report to Washington for the funeral of the President. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 15
Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., special order to Navy Department officials concerning the funeral of President Lincoln HM 3637
1865 April 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale, Lot 719, March 29-31, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 16
Lewis Jacob Cist poem "Abraham Lincoln, Assassinated, Good Friday, April 14th 1865." HM 3178
1865 April 19
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript signed. 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." (3 pages)
Box 12, Folder 17
Stanley Matthews, Cincinnati, Ohio, letter to Salmon P. Chase HM 20699
1865 April 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 12, Folder 18
Francis Bicknell Carpenter poem, "A Poem Recited by Mr. Lincoln" HM 3149
1865 April 20
Scope and Contents
Manuscript signed. Reminiscences to the editors of the New York Evening Post; 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, 1865
April 21. Includes three ribbons. (5 pages)
Box 12, Folder 19
Mayor and City Councils, Philadelphia, copy of resolutions HM 1023
1865 April 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy. Resolutions "regarding the death of the President of the United States." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Ordinances and Joint Resolutions, of the City of Philadelphia from January 1st to December 31st, 1865 (Philadelphia: King
& Baird, 1866), 166-68.
Box 12, Folder 20
Gustavus Vasa Fox, Washington, D.C., telegram to John B. Montgomery HM 23885
1865 April 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Contains instructions from the Secretary of War regarding the treatment of prisoners related to the
assassination of Lincoln. (1 page)
Publication Note
Betty J. Ownsbey, Alias "Paine:" Lewis Thornton Powell (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2015), 85.
Box 12, Folder 21
Edward Davis Townsend, Washington, D.C., transportation voucher for Edwin M. Stanton HM 3137
1865 April 22
Physical Description: 8.5 x 11.5 cm, mounted
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Transportation voucher for Stanton to accompany the remains of Lincoln from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia.
Printed card, filled in. (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 22
Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., telegram to Lieutenant Commander Thomas H. Eastman HM 23884
1865 April 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Regarding the pursuit of John Wilkes Booth. (1 page)
Publication Note
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, Series I (Washington: Government Printing
Office, 1897), 5:556-57.
Box 13, Folder 1
Mayor and City Council, Baltimore, Maryland, resolution offering reward HM 2113
1865 April 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Resolution offering reward of $10,000 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of the
late President of the United States. Certified by John A. Thompson, Register's Office, 1865 May 3. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 2
H. Webster letter to John D. McPherson HM 23753
approximately 1865 April 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding the Baltimore resolution offering a reward for the capture of Lincoln's assassins.
Includes enclosure. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 3
John B. Montgomery, Washington, D.C., telegram to Gideon Welles HM 25253
1865 April 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale, Lot 711, March 29-31, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Regarding the removal of the remains of John Wilkes Booth. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 4
Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C, telegram to John B. Montgomery HM 23883
1865 April 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Telegram regarding the Lincoln assassination conspirators held as prisoners and visitors to see the
body of John Wilkes Booth. (1 page)
Publication Note
Henry B. Hibben, Navy-Yard, Washington. History from Organization 1799 to Present Date (Washington: Government Printing Office,
1890), 148.
Box 13, Folder 5
Henry Steel Olcott, Washington, D.C., letter to John D. McPherson HM 23705
1865 April 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding Lincoln assassination conspirators. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 6
George John Potts, Washington, D.C., letter to John D. McPherson HM 23692
1865 April 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter of introduction for H.S. Olcott. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 7
Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin poem "Ode on the death of Abraham Lincoln" HM 3144
1865 April
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript signed. Transcript of first two stanzas of poem. Date is that of original poem, transcript is dated 1906
July. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 8
Gideon Welles, Washington, D.C., telegram to John B. Montgomery HM 3636
1865 May 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Huntington-Bixby sale, Lot 720, March 29-31, 1916.
Scope and Contents
Telegram draft signed. Regarding Lincoln's funeral, signed Gideon Welles in hand of Assistant Secretary Gustavus Vasa Fox.
(1 page)
Publication Note
Henry B. Hibben, Navy-Yard, Washington. History from Organization 1799 to Present Date (Washington: Government Printing Office,
1890), 150.
Box 13, Folder 9
Andrew Jackson Smith, Montgomery, Alabama, letter to Christian T. Christensen HM 23330
1865 May 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from American Art Association, Judd Stewart collection sale, Lot 472, December 6-7, 1921.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter regarding arrest of Alabama ex-governor A.B. Moore and George W. Gayle who placed advertisement for
the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 10
Andrew Johnson declaration to Winfield Scott Hancock HM 1986
1865 July 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Declaration suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus in the case of Mary E. Surratt. (1 page)
Publication Note
The Papers of Andrew Johnson, ed. Paul H. Bergeron, vol. 8, May-August 1865 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee, 1989), 367.
Box 13, Folder 11
Winfield Scott Hancock, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Wylie HM 1989
1865 July 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Letter refusing to produce the body of Mary E. Surratt. (1 page)
Publication Note
James S. Brisbin, Winfield Scott Hancock, Major-General, U.S.A. (L. Lum Smith, 1880), 67-8.
Box 13, Folder 12
John S. Watts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, letter to Henry Sherman HM 23781
1865 August 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson sale, Lot 530, February 26-March 1, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding chief justiceship of the territory and carrying out wishes of Lincoln. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 13
William H. Seward, Washington, D.C., certified copy of Emancipation Proclamation HM 3179
1865 September 19
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Printed certification form filled in by Seward, with black seal of the United States and mourning ribbon
attached to printed copy of the Proclamation. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 14
H.L. Burnett, Washington, D.C., letter to Major General Joseph Holt HM 15880
1865 December 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Regarding the distribution of rewards for the capture of John Wilkes Booth. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 15
George P. Fisher order of admission for Alfred Hunter to the trial of John H. Surratt HM 3141
1867 July?
Physical Description: 6.5 x 10 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 item)
Box 13, Folder 16
Boston Corbett, Concordia, Kansas, letter to Edward P. Doherty HM 25179
1886 March 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter by the soldier who killed John Wilkes Booth regarding his pension and treatment by the government.
With postscript, 1886 March 30. Letter is mounted. (5 pages)
Volume 1
William Henry Herndon, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Charles Henry Hart HM 23471
1866 November 23
Physical Description: Bound with HM 23470.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 440, January 14-16, 1914.
Custodial History
Formerly part of Charles Henry Hart collection, acquired by Lambert.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to "Friend Hart." (1 page)
Volume 6
William Henry Herndon and Charles Henry Hart correspondence HM 23568-23618
1866-1887, 1897
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, William Harrison Lambert Lincolniana collection, Lot 361, January 14-16, 1914.
Custodial History
Letters from Hart to Herndon were acquired by Lambert from Jesse W. Weik. Letters from Herndon to Hart were acquired by Lambert
from Charles Henry Hart.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of primarily autograph letters signed between Herndon and Hart regarding Lincoln and his legacy. Also includes
Jesse W. Weik, Greencastle, Indiana, letter to "My dear Colonel," 1897 November 30 (probably Colonel Lambert). (94 pages)
Box 13, Folder 17
Dennis F. Hanks biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln's childhood HM 15608
1889
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript signed. Note by Lincoln's cousin, beginning "This Biographical Sketch is written by request of an old
friend." With cabinet card photograph of Hanks, 1891. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 18
John G. Nicolay, Washington, D.C., letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes HM 25280
1896 February 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-HM 3189). Includes
envelope. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 19
George P. Fisher, Milford, Delaware, letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes HM 25281
1896 February 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding manuscripts and history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-HM
3189) and requests copy of the bill. Includes envelope. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 20
George P. Fisher letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes HM 25282
1896 March 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding the authenticity of manuscripts related to Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation
(see HM 3186-HM 3189). (3 pages)
Box 13, Folder 21
Samuel Bland Arnold, Friendship, Maryland, letter to Judd Stewart, New York HM 25186
1905 May 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators regarding sale of manuscript. Includes
addressed envelope. (3 pages)
Box 13, Folder 22
Samuel Bland Arnold, Friendship, Maryland, letter to Judd Stewart, New York HM 25187
1905 June 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter from one of the Lincoln assassination conspirators; contains two clippings of Bland's obituary
pasted into letter. Includes addressed envelope. (4 pages)
Volume 7
Thomas T. Eckert, New York, certification HM 2033
1910 March 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, John L. Clawson sale 1266, Lot 347, January 1917.
Scope and Contents
Typescript document signed. Eckert certifies to the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln electoral votes estimate, 1864 October
13 (HM 2032). Volume contains copies of engravings and photographs and portions of a published history relating to Lincoln,
Eckert, the election of 1864, and the War Department; also present is a facsimile of HM 2032. (1 page)
Separated Materials
HM 2031 and HM 2032 were removed from this volume in February 1988 and are now housed in Box 9, Folders 12 and 13.
Volume 8
Lincoln Fellowship dinner report HM 23499, HM 2037
1911 February 11 and July 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Judd Stewart collection, 1922.
Scope and Contents
Includes Francis D. Tandy, New York, typescript letter signed to Judd Stewart, New York, 1911 July 28 (HM 23499) and typescript
copies of speeches given at the Lincoln Fellowship annual dinner at Delmonico's, 1911 February 11, some with handwritten edits
(HM 2037). (41 pages)
Box 16
Piece of wooden rail HM 47935
approximately 1830?
Physical Description: 15 x 9 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vincent Newton, September 1981.
Custodial History
According to Vincent Newton letter to Daniel H. Woodward, 1981 October 5 (mssHM 47936), the item was given to Theodore Roosevelt
by an unidentified man who owned a farm where Lincoln had worked. Roosevelt gave the piece of wood to Margaret Pascal, founder
of the Pascal Institute in New York, who left it to the Newton family.
Scope and Contents
Piece of rail purportedly split by Lincoln. (1 item)
