James M. Edmunds correspondence, 1861-1866.

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James M. Edmunds correspondence, 1861-1866.

Letters of acknowledgement for Land Office and U.S. Census reports from Congressmen and other government officials, and letters about U.S. Land Office business; including letter from John Hay, 1864, concerning Lincoln's meeting with the Baltimore Convention Committee, and letters from Austin Blair and Henry H. Crapo to Lincoln concerning an army appointment for George S. Clark, Jr. Correspondents include: J.C. Abbott, William B. Allison, Oakes Ames, Austin Blair, Schuyler Colfax, Henry H. Crapo, John. Hay, Rutherford B. Hayes, Jacob M. Howard, Oliver C. Howard, William A. Howard, John W. Longyear, John Sherman, Andrew Ten Brook, Lyman Trumbull, and Gideon Welles.

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