Abraham Lincoln collection, 1861-1865.

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Abraham Lincoln collection, 1861-1865.

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Abraham Lincoln collection, 1861-1865. It contains correspondence, including a number of letters from Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton; letters and telegrams from various correspondents, many with memos or notes by Lincoln on the back; a printed form calling for troops from New York State, signed by Lincoln; miscellaneous notes, including one written in October 1864, estimating the result in the electoral vote in the coming Presidential election; and a few documents related to his assassination, including a ticket to the execution of the conspirators on July 7, 1865.

0.4 linear feet (1 box)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771582

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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...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...