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Appointment of John G. Butler, Chief Coiner, Philadelphia (c/s Seward) and photograph
9 November 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Appointment of John G. Butler, Chief Coiner, Philadelphia (c/s Seward).
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[General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 1
1863-1864
Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln...
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[General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 2
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[General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 3
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[General orders, 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)] vol 1
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[General orders, 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)] vol 2
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[General orders, 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)] vol 3
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Treaty between the United States of America and the Ottawa Indians of Blanchard's Fork and Roche De Boeuf.
28 July 1862
Certifies that the Ottawa Indians of Blanchard's Fork and Roche De Boeuf in Franklin County, Kansas, will dissolve as a tribe within five years from the ratification of this treaty and will become citizens of the United States. Lists the articles of...
GLC08531
The Truth from an honest man: The letter of the President. President Lincoln's Views.
1863
President Lincoln's views on the principles involved in the Clement Vallandigham case. Prints correspondence between Lincoln and Erastus Corning in relation to a Democratic meeting held at Albany, New York 16 May 1863, called to protest the arrest...
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[Certificate of thanks to Corporal Samuel Francis of the 133rd Regiment of the Ohio National Guard]
15 September 1864
Signed in print by Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton. Certificate of the President's thanks for honorable service given to Corporal Samuel Francis, Company F, 133rd Ohio National Guard Volunteer Infantry as a "token of his having honorably served as a...
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[General Order No. 35 to draft 500,000 men]
February 1, 1864
Signed in print by President Lincoln. Orders the draft of 500,000 men to serve for three years or the duration of the war.
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Message from the President in relation to co-operating with any State for the gradual abolishment of slavery.
6 March 1862
House Executive Document no. 69 (37th Congress, 2d session). Lincoln recommends the adoption of a joint resolution: "That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State...
GLC08588
The state papers of Abraham Lincoln / Raymond, Ed.
1865
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Message of the President of the United States transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the suppresion of the African slave trade
1862
The printed text of a treaty between the United States and Britain to aid in suppression of the international slave trade. Also contains correspondence between William H. Seward and Richard Lyons, the British diplomat on the subject. Lyons and...
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to Edwin M. Stanton
June 4, 1863
One letter from Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton dated June 4, 1863. Regarding suspending the publication of the anti-war Chicago Times.
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[Adjutant General's Office general orders no. 1: Emancipation Proclamation]
2 January 1863
Includes obliterated property stamp on page one. Possibly the first army printing of the final proclamation. Binding is extremely fragile.
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[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of John Woodcock].
05 November 1862
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[Note allowing John Swisher to take the oath of 8 December 1863]
January 11, 1865
Lincoln autograph endorsement signed on a letter from Edward McPherson to President Lincoln requesting clemency for a man, dated 10 January 1865. Lincoln's endorsement reads, "Let this man, John Swisher take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 & be discharged...
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[Leaflet encouraging women to contribute their patriotic efforts to the Civil War as members of the United States Sanitary Commission]
October 1, 1861
Includes a statement issued by Frederick Law Olmstead, Secretary of the Commission, encouraging patriotic donations. Contains a letter from Lincoln stating that "The Sanitary Commission is doing a work of great humanity." Includes a statement...
GLC00700
to James B. Fry
February 6, 1865
Note to Provost Marshall Fry about verifying New York draft quota. Includes Lincoln's endorsement later that day recording a conversation with Fry that it cannot be done. Signed twice by Lincoln. Written on Executive Mansion letterhead.
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General orders no. 139.
24 September 1862
Preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation published for the Army War Department printing, removed from a compilation of general orders. Noted on pages 117-120 are the orders that all people enslaved in the south will be freed. Beginning on...
GLC01024
to his Holiness, Pope Pius IX
April 10, 1861
Letter of credence for Rufus King as U.S. Minister to Papal States.
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to Samuel Galloway
December 19, 1859
With two postscripts, one initialed. Headed "Private." Introducing John "George" Nicolay (later Lincoln's personal secretary) and describing how he wants the Lincoln-Douglas debates published. In the 1860 presidential election, the debates served as...
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to Edward Bates
June 14, 1862
Writing to Attorney General Bates, Lincoln recommends Philip Fraser, a unionist lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida be appointed District Judge for the Eastern District of Florida. Fraser comes recommended by Senator David Wilmot and House Speaker...
GLC00411
January 13, 1864
Request to Attorney General Edward Bates for him to have made and sent to him a pardon for Benjamin C. Robertson of Dickson County, Tennessee.
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