Lincoln Room collection of miscellaneous papers, 1837-1924.

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Lincoln Room collection of miscellaneous papers, 1837-1924.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00622/catalog

Abstract

Correspondence and other materials by and about Abraham Lincoln primarily collected by Willaim W. Nolen. There are also documents concerning slaves, particularly in Louisiana.

Extent

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

Languages

eng,

Holding Repository

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6383764

Houghton Library

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Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901

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Crafts, William A. (William August), 1819-1906

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Wm. Cotton

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A Boyd

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John Phillips

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Antoine Toca

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Henry A. Smythe

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Jacques Lefebvre.

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I. Rosenfeld Jr.

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Lincoln Memorial

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Commission of Frederick V. Stewart.

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Ford' theatre

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C. H. Warren

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Mrs. Welles

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Jesse C. Greene

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Madame Luce Coudrain

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H. L. Slete

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W. B. O. Field.

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J. F. Clarke.

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Littell, Eliakim, 1797-1870

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Alfred L. Solny

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Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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Thomas, Ritchie

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Catherine Dinet

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Walker, Robert J. (Robert John), 1801-1869

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Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Robert J. Walker letters, 1846-1848. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 47279343 From the description of Letters, 1846-1848. (Mystic Seaport Museum, G W Blunt White Library). WorldCat record id: 70958262 U.S. Senator, 1836-1845, and secretary of the treasury, 1845-1849. From the description of Papers, 1842-1866. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522065 ...

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Robert Anderson

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E. C. Doughty?

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Wentworth, Hugh Hall, 1740?-1774

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Uncle Ben

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McCulloch, Hugh, 1808-1895

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Solomon Foot

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Samuel B. Gookins

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Samuel, Arnold

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Speed, John F.

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Friends of the library

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Wright, ...

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Epithet: Mrs H Wright, formerly Mrs Churchill Babington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00012a Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000129 Epithet: MD; of Sloane MS 1833 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x000121 ...

Sullivan, John T.

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Dennison, William, 1815-1882

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ww7z6s (person)

Lawyer, Ohio state senator, Ohio governor (1860-1862), and U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of Correspondence, 1861. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 40600940 Ohio governor, U.S. postmaster general, and commissioner of the District of Columbia. From the description of Letter, 1878 March 1. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70941725 U.S. postmaster general and governor of Ohio. From the desc...

H. P. Main

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E. S. Sanford

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Bonham

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Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883

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St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer; U.S district attorney, Missouri, 1839-1841; mayor, St. Louis, 1842-1843; judge, Court of Common Pleas, 1843-1849; first solicitor, U.S. Court of Claims, 1855; counsel for Dred Scott, 1856; postmaster general, 1860-1864; Maryland congressman, 1878. From the description of Letter: Wash[ington, D.C.] to Rev[erend] W[illiam] B[uell] Sprague, Albany, N.Y., 1865 Nov. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327626 Montgomery Bl...

Mrs. Charles L. Slattery.

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Arnold, S. P. V.

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Bates, Edward, 1793-1869

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Lawyer, politician, and U.S. attorney general. From the description of Edward Bates papers, 1818-1904 (bulk 1861-1864). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979981 Epithet: Clerk at the Treasury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x0001e0 St. Louis, Missouri, lawyer, judge and legislator; candidate for Republican nomination for president, 1860; United States attorney general under Abraham L...

E. J. Wendell

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W. R. Benjamin.

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Adele Coudrain

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Atzerodt, George A., 1835-1865

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Harvey, James E.

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Michael O'Laughlin

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Lydia Bixby

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Commission of Benjamin F. Kellum.

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Philip Clark

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Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin), 1816-1889

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American author and biographer of important literary figures. From the description of Letter, 1858. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367564811 Samuel Austin Allibone, American lexicographer and librarian, author of A Critical Dictionary of English Literature. From the guide to the S. Austin Allibone manuscript material : 1 item, 1879, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Literary lexicographer, biographer...

Baird, Stewart.

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Commission of George A. Cutler as Agent for the Creek Indians.

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Byron

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Mrs. James T. Fields

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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Tod, David, 1805-1868

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Governor of Ohio, 1862-1864. From the description of Letter, 1863 Sept. 27, Columbus, to the Military Committee of Harrison County. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 16400627 Governor of Ohio, diplomat, and public official of Ohio. From the description of David Tod correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980630 Gov. of Ohio. From the description of Note signed, on the verso of a recommendation : [n.p.], Zan...

Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891

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Herndon was a Springfield, Illinois lawyer, and the last law partner of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Letter, April 5, 1890. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 662739068 Abraham Lincoln's law partner and biographer. From the description of ALS : to Benjamin Franklin Underwood, 1881 Oct. 29. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122617046 Springfield, Ill. lawyer, who had been Abraham Lincoln's law partn...

Crosby & Nichols

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Houstin, Claire

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Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893

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Ward Hill Lamon, a close friend and a biographer of Abraham Lincoln. A native of Virginia, he moved to Illinois in 1847. He became Lincoln's law partner, and in the 1850's worked for his political career. In 1861, Lamon accompanied Lincoln to Washington. In the same year he was appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia. After Lincoln's assassination, Lamon practiced law in a partnership with Jeremiah S. Black. Black's son, Chauncey F. Black ghostwrote Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872). ...

Oglesby, Richard J. (Richard James), 1824-1899

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American soldier and legislator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to G.H. Williams, 1873 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611451 Richard J. Ogelsby was an officer in the Civil War and seriously wounded, eventually promoted to major general, elected to governor of Illinois in 1864, 1872 and 1884, and ten days after his 1885 term began, resigned after being chosen by the Illinois Republican party for the senate. He had been an orphan and ...

Henry Rood

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Ford, John Thompson, 1829-1894

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Theater executive and dramatist. From the description of John Thompson Ford papers, 1809-1960 (bulk 1850-1894). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132530 Theater manager, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Alexandria and Richmond, Virginia. Managed Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C., when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated there. From the description of Letter : Baltimore, [Md. to J.B.] Wright, 1863 Dec. 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential L...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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François Varion.

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Walden, Jacob T. (Jacob Treadwell)

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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Usher, John Palmer, 1816-1889

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John P. Usher lived in Lawrence, Kan.; was an attorney, Railroad official, entrepreneur, and the chief counsel for the Union Pacific Railroad from 1865 to 1889. From the description of John P. Usher papers [microform], 18uu. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 61660762 Lawyer and U.S. secretary of the interior. From the description of John Palmer Usher correspondence, 1865 April 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981246 ...

Victor Solny

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Danforth, Kenneth C.

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Milliken, R. B.

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Lewis, William David, 1823-1861

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Solny, Emile

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Logan & Lincoln

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Harris, Sam L.

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Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

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A native of Glastonbury, Conn., Gideon Welles began his career as a lawyer but took up journalism as a profession, founding the Hartford Times, which he also edited, in 1826. Active in the Democratic Party in Connecticut, he served in the Connecticut state legislature and in several state offices. He later shifted his allegiance to the Republican Party due to his strong anti-slavery views and founded the Hartford Evening Press, a zealously Republican newspaper. President Abraham Lincoln appointe...

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