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Below is a sample of new documents written by
Abraham Lincoln or with substantial endorsements written by Lincoln that do not
appear in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953-55) or either of
its supplements (1974, 1990). Because the Papers of Abraham Lincoln has a
much broader scope, the project has also scanned thousands of letters to Lincoln
and other documents not included in the Collected Works.
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Abraham Lincoln to Thomas T.
Gantt, February 5, 1841
Illinois
Historical Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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A Bill for An Act Providing for
the Election of a Public Binder, February 9, 1841
Illinois State
Archives, Springfield, IL |
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Speech to Northwestern River and
Harbor Convention, July 6, 1847
Missouri Daily
Republican (St. Louis), July 12, 1847, 2:2 |
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A Bill to Establish Certain Post
Routes (HR 260), February 29, 1848 (excerpt)
Record Group 233,
Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1990, Entry
HR30A-B1: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives Records of
Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Amendments to a Bill to Establish
Certain Post Routes (HR 260), May 16, 1848 (excerpt)
Record Group 233,
Records of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1990, Entry
HR30A-B1: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives Records of
Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the House,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Abraham Lincoln to William M.
Meredith, March 10, 1849
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to John M.
Clayton, March 12, 1849
Record Group 59:
General Records of the Department of State, 1789-1949, Entry 760:
Appointment Records, Applications and Recommendations for Office,
Applications and Recommendations for Public Office, 1797-1901, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Ewing,
March 12, 1849
Record Group 48:
Records of the Department of the Interior, 1826-1985, Entry 15: Records of
the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1833-1964, Divisional Records,
1843-1943, Records of the Appointments Division, 1817-1922, Field Office
Appointment Papers, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to William B.
Preston, March 29, 1849
Record Group 48:
Records of the Department of the Interior, 1826-1985, Entry 15: Records of
the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1833-1964, Divisional Records,
1843-1943, Records of the Appointments Division, 1817-1922, Field Office
Appointment Papers, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to John M.
Clayton, December 7, 1849
Record Group 59:
General Records of the Department of State, 1789-1949, Entry 760:
Appointment Records, Applications and Recommendations for Office,
Applications and Recommendations for Public Office, 1797-1901, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Ewing,
December 15, 1849
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Jackson
Grimshaw, April 11, 1858
Hagley Museum and
Library, Wilmington, DE |
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Abraham Lincoln to Joseph S.
Copes, June 2, 1858
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Charles H.
Ray, June 6, 1858
Cantigny, Colonel
Robert R. McCormick Research Center, Wheaton, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to Charles H.
Ray, June 27, 1858
Cantigny, Colonel
Robert R. McCormick Research Center, Wheaton, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to H. P. Sloan,
August 3, 1858
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to B. F. James,
March 1, 1859
Chapin Library,
Williams College, Williamstown, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Thomas Corwin,
October 9, 1859
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to William D.
Kelley, August 15, 1860
Columbia
University, New York, New York |
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Abraham Lincoln to Alexander K.
McClure, August 30, 1860
Henry Horner
Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter,
January 26, 1861
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to Madison S.
Perry, March 16, 1861
Lehigh County
Historical Society, Allentown, PA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, March 26, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Caleb B.
Smith, April 2, 1861
Record Group 48:
Records of the Department of the Interior, 1826-1985, Entry 15: Records of
the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1833-1964, Divisional Records,
1843-1943, Records of the Appointments Division, 1817-1922, Field Office
Appointment Papers, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
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Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron,
April 11, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, April 12, 1861
Museums of Oglebay
Institute, Wheeling, WV |
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Abraham Lincoln to Henry W. Hoffman
and Francis S. Corkran, April 19, 1861
Chicago Historical
Society, Chicago, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to E. Reed Meyer,
April 27, 1861
Lincoln Memorial
Shrine, A. K. Smiley Public Library, Redlands, CA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Fernando Wood,
May 4, 1861
Suffolk County
Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, New York |
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Abraham Lincoln to Caleb B.
Smith, May 4, 1861
Record Group 92,
Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Entry 225:
Correspondence, 1818-1926, Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Abraham Lincoln to Washington A.
Bartlett, May 26, 1861
Record Group 92,
Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Entry 225:
Correspondence, 1818-1926, Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Abraham Lincoln to Winfield
Scott, June 3, 1861
Chapin Library,
Williams College, Williamstown, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, June 24, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Anson P.
Morill, July 17, 1861
Robert W. Woodruff
Library, Atlanta University Center, Atlanta, GA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Caleb B. Smith
and Heads of Departments, July 17, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Richard D.
Goodwin, July 22, 1861
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, August 8, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron,
August 20, 1861
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Seward, September 18, 1861
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, October 15, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Endorsement of Abraham Lincoln,
October 17, 1861
Chapin Library,
Williams College, Williamstown, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, October 19, 1861
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron,
October 21, 1861
Record Group 94,
Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1775-1928, Entry 496: Records of
the Adjutant General's Office, 1800-1947, Records of Divisions of the
Adjutant General's Office, Volunteer Service Division, 1861-1889, Letters
Received, 1861-1889,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Abraham Lincoln to Lorenzo
Thomas, November 19, 1861
Record Group 92,
Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Entry 225:
Correspondence, 1818-1926, Consolidated Correspondence File, 1794-1890,
National Archives Building, Washington, DC |
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Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Seward, December 3, 1861
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Seward, December 6, 1861
University at
Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY |
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Abraham Lincoln to Henry W.
Halleck, December 19, 1861
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to David Hunter,
December 23, 1861
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron,
January 7, 1862
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, February 1, 1862
University at
Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY |
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Abraham Lincoln to Dorothea Dix,
February 19, 1862
Emory University,
Atlanta, GA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Charles Sumner
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin F.
Wade, February 26, 1862
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 286:
Records of the Division of Appointments, Records Relating to Special Agents
and Inspectors, Applications for Positions as Special Agents and Inspectors,
1842-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Seward, March 21, 1862
Record Group 59:
General Records of the Department of State, 1789-1949, Entry 770:
Appointment Records, Acceptances and Orders for Commissions, Acceptances and
Orders for Commissions, 1789-1983, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, March 25, 1862
Wisconsin
Historical Society, Madison, WI |
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Abraham Lincoln to John E. Wool,
July 13, 1862
New York State
Library, Albany, NY |
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Abraham Lincoln to Unknown, July
15, 1862
Winthrop Public
Library, Winthrop, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, July 17, 1862
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, July 21, 1862
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, July 30, 1862
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Notes regarding Appointment of
Jediah F. Alexander, July 31, 1862
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 258:
Records of the Division of Appointments, Records Relating to Internal
Revenue Service Appointments, Applications for Positions as Internal Revenue
Collectors and Assessors, 1863-1910, National Archives and Records
Administration, College Park, MD |
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Notes regarding Appointment of
John Parkinson, August 8, 1862
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 258:
Records of the Division of Appointments, Records Relating to Internal
Revenue Service Appointments, Applications for Positions as Internal Revenue
Collectors and Assessors, 1863-1910, National Archives and Records
Administration, College Park, MD
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Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles,
August 9, 1862
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, August 23, 1862
Amherst College,
Amherst, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, September 27, 1862
Henry Horner
Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to Samuel R.
Curtis, November 6, 1862
State Historical
Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA |
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Abraham Lincoln to F. N. Ewing,
November 24, 1862
Pink Palace
Museum, Memphis, TN |
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Abraham Lincoln to Cassius M.
Clay, December 13, 1862
Cincinnati Museum
Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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Abraham Lincoln to Heads of
Departments, February 20, 1863
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to William S.
Rosecrans, March 6, 1863
William S.
Rosecrans Papers, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Ward B.
Burnett, March 7, 1863
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Spencer M.
Clark?, June 2, 1863
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Notes regarding Charles Harker,
July 20, 1863
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, July 22, 1863
Henry Horner
Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, August 19, 1863
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to William H.
Seward, August 21, 1863
Catalogue de
La Precieuse Collection d'Autographes Composant le Gabinet de M. Alfred
Bovet (Paris, 1884), 55 |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P.
Chase, September 24, 1863
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, October 5, 1863
Special
Collections, Miami University, Oxford, OH |
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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, November 14,
1863
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 82:
Letters Received, 1789-1912, Bound Letters, 1789-1869, Letters Received from
Executive Officers (AB Series), 1831-1869, National Archives and Records
Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to James Dixon,
January 12, 1864
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, January 21, 1864
Colgate
University, Hamilton, NY |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, January 23, 1864
Lincoln Memorial
Shrine, A. K. Smiley Public Library, Redlands, CA |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M.
Stanton, January 29, 1864
Henry Horner
Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles,
March 10, 1864
United States
Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to O. B. Yoder,
March 19, 1864
Dr. Robert Small
Trust and Sotheby's |
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Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles,
March 30, 1864
United States
Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May
Concern, July 18, 1864
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 315:
Records of the Division of Captured Property, Claims, and Land, General
Records, Letters received by the Division, 1863-1887,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to John P.
Slough, August 20, 1864
Private Collection |
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William H. Herndon to Abraham
Lincoln, August 30, 1864; endorsement by Abraham Lincoln, September 3, 1864
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to William S.
Rosecrans, September 10, 1864
William S.
Rosecrans Papers, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
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Abraham Lincoln to William P.
Fessenden, September 13, 1864
Jones Library,
Amherst, MA |
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Abraham Lincoln to William P.
Fessenden, September 28, 1864
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Unknown,
October 1, 1864
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to Whom It May
Concern, October 15, 1864
Pink Palace
Museum, Memphis, TN |
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Abraham Lincoln to Edward R. S.
Canby, October 17, 1864
National Museum of
American History, Washington, DC |
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Order for Release of Elijah
Morgan, December 9, 1864
Private Collection |
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Abraham Lincoln to William P.
Fessenden, December 3, 1864
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 315:
Records of the Division of Captured Property, Claims, and Land, General
Records, Letters received by the Division, 1863-1887,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to William P.
Fessenden, December 13, 1864
Record Group 56,
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775-1990, Entry 210: Part II - Records of Various Divisions within the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Records of the Division of Appointments, Correspondence of the Division, Applications and Recommendations for
Positions in the Washington, D.C. Offices of the Treasury Department, 1830-1910,
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Proposed Order; endorsement by
Abraham Lincoln, 1864
Pink Palace
Museum, Memphis, TN |
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Pass for Mrs. Schaumberg, January
18, 1865
Historic New
Orleans Collection |
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Pass for Eliza Underwood
Rutledge, January 21, 1865
Middleton Place,
Charleston, SC |
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Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles,
February 15, 1865
Henry Horner
Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum,
Springfield, IL |
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Abraham Lincoln to Unknown, April
14, 1865
Private Collection |
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Laura Richards to Mary Lincoln,
[1861-1865]
William L.
Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Although the text of the following documents appeared in the Collected
Works, the location of the original documents was unknown.
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Abraham Lincoln to William B.
Campbell and others, October 22, 1864
Record Group 76:
Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations, 1716-1979, Entry
436:
Miscellaneous Claims: Other Miscellaneous Claims, 1795-1917, Miscellaneous
Claims, 1824-1887, National
Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD |
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Abraham Lincoln to Jesse K.
Dubois, November 15, 1864
(incorrectly dated and transcribed in Collected Works because of
faulty copy)
Halstead
Collection, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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