Richard Yates correspondence, 1855-1862.

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Richard Yates correspondence, 1855-1862.

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Correspondence of Yates relating to Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Republican National Convention and presidential election, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other political affairs. Correspondents include Schuyler Colfax, William Henry Herndon, and Nathaniel McLean. Includes typewritten transcripts of the correspondence.

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Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885

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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1863 to 1869. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana's 9th congressional district as a member of the anti-slavery Indiana People's Party in 1854, Colfax joined the Republican Party during his first term. He served as ...

McLean, Nathaniel, 1815-1905

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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...

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...

Republican National Convention

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Yates, Richard, 1815-1873

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Letter signed, with a line in his autograph : Springfield, Illinois, to President Lincoln, 1863 Feb. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584462 Illinois governor, 1861-1865; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1842-1846, 1849-1850; U.S. senator, 1865-1871. From the description of Letter : General Head Quarters, Springfield, State of Illinois, to John S. Bradford, 1861 April 17. (Abraham Lincoln Pres...