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to Alfred O. Nicholson

Supports Lewis Cass' concept of popular sovereignty, enabling each new state to vote whether or not to allow slavery, believing that this is the best way to extend and protect slavery. "It seems to me for the south to admit that the federal...

GLC04628

[Proclamation lifting restrictions on trade west of the Mississippi River]

Printed signature of President Johnson and Acting Secretary of State William Hunter. Proclamation will "restore unrestricted commercial intercourse between and in the several States ... and Territories west of the Mississippi river." Opens all trade...

GLC04973

[Pardon of Nathan B. Forrest for rebellion]

Pardon for ex-Confederate General Nathan B. Forrest of Tennessee. The pardon includes a provision against Forrest attempting to enslave people, and that he claim no property or the proceeds of any property that has been ordered sold by court of law...

GLC04977.01

[Pardon of Thomas H. Howard by Andrew Johnson]

Pardon for a burglar who pled guilty to three charges. Countersigned by William H. Seward.

GLC04992

Letter and carte de visite [Decimalized .01-.02]

Letter from George Washington Morgan to Andrew Johnson and carte de visite of Morgan.

GLC05045

to Andrew Johnson

Discusses Union victory by De Courcy's brigade on 6 August 1862. "It is rumored that Kentucky is to be invaded." Written to Johnson as Military Governor of Tennessee.

GLC05045.01

[Presidential pardon of Thomas McNaney, convicted of assault and battery, and resisting arrest].

Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC05104

to William M. Lawery

Noted as private. Andrew Johnson discusses the future path of his political career. He comments on his misgivings about running for office in the spring and summer. He states that he has "all to lose and nothing to make by another canvass of the...

GLC00075

New-York daily tribune. [Vol. 25, no. 7498 (April 18, 1865)]

Reports on the improving condition of Secretary Seward and his son Frederick Seward. New York prepares for Lincoln's funeral as the city mourns the loss of the president.
A reprint of a letter originally printed in The Selma (Alabama newspapaper)...

GLC08428.08

World. [Vol. 5, no. 1503 (April 17, 1865)]

Gives detailed account of President Lincoln's assassination, and the last hours of the president. Also includes General Robert Lee's farewell address to the armies of Northern Virginia, a full account of the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, and...

GLC08428.11