The Abraham Lincoln papers, 1860-1865.

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The Abraham Lincoln papers, 1860-1865.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, union speech, original emancipation proclamation. Contains information pertaining to the following war: Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit: 6th New York Cavalry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Abraham Lincoln papers include miscellaneous papers by or about President Lincoln: published copy of his Cooper's Union speech, February 27, 1860, accompanying it is a letter from John Addison, apparently to Lincoln, praising the speech, especially for its effect in Maryland. Copy of the original 1862, written by Lincoln and corrected by Secretary of State William H. Seward (from an original in the New York State Library and donated by Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Joyce). Copy of a letter from Lincoln, October 4, 1864, pardoning Private Roswell McIntire of the 6th New York Cavalry Regiment for desertion. Various schedules and notices concerning the transfer and burial of Lincoln's corpse, April-May 1865, particularly referring to the funeral services in Springfield, May 2, 1865.

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United States. Army. New York Cavalry Regiment, 6th (1861-1865)

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)

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Joseph A. Cody of Kansas served as a private in the Frontier Guard and as U.S. Indian agent at the Upper Platte Agency in Nebraska Territory, May 14, 1861 - Apr. 14, 1862. As a member of the Frontier Guard, a volunteer company commanded by Gen. James H. Lane and composed of men from Kansas and Illinois, Cody, in the spring of 1861, protected Lincoln at the White House in the absence of regular troops. It is likely that Cody obtained his Indian agent appointment as a resu...

McIntire, Roswell.

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