6 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Commission of James B. McPherson as Captain in the Corps of Engineers]

This document is a record of the commission of James B. McPherson, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron, Secretary of War. Also signed recorded in the Adjutant General's office 10 August 1861 by L. Thomas, Adjutant General. Includes vignette engravings of war weapons, supplies, and flags by J.V.N. and C.H and a spread eagle at the top. Accompanied by a blue seal.

GLC04680

1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Broadside

Title: Facsimile of the Emancipation Proclamation

Large format facsimile of Lincoln's handwritten Emancipation Proclamation draft in the Confederacy. Includes blind stamp of authenticity, "Emancipation Proclamation," in lower left corner. Printed by Edward Mendel, Chicago. Prints Lincoln's letter of 26 October 1863 to the ladies in charge of the Northwestern Fair for the Sanitary Commission.

GLC04654

15 July 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Appointment of Anson Burlingame as envoy extraordinary to China].

This document is an appointment of Anson Burlingame as envoy extraordinary to China by Abraham Lincoln. It is countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward. Accompanied by an impression stamp. Document is mounted, dimensions are 43.3 x 53.6 cm.

GLC04580

30 October 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph endorsement signed

Title: [Lincoln note to Edwin M. Stanton on letter of George C. Burling to William A. Newell]

Lincoln endorsement on an autograph letter signed by Colonel George C. Burling to William A. Newell dated 25 October 1862 concerning an order of the War Department that would result in the disbanding of the New Jersey volunteers. Burling stresses the sacrifices made by the Second Brigade of New Jersey volunteers by saying, "Virginia's soil made sacred with the blood and body of a large number ... That is what we left home and its comforts for, to sacrifice health and even life to sustain our glorious flag, and country." Informs Newell that the War Department has issued General Orders No.…

GLC04921

9 November 1863

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to Robert B. Roosevelt, John J. Astor Jr., and Nathaniel Sands

Declining to endorse General Dix for Mayor of New York stating that it is beyond his power to interfere with New York politics. Written on a petition signed by R.B. Roosevelt and other Republican leaders of New York City, though Lincoln's letter includes Executive Mansion letterhead. Lincoln's note above salutation reads "Private except for Mr. Dix." Signers include Peter Cooper, William B. Astor, John Jacob Astor, Jr., M. Delano, Nathaniel Sands, Alexander T. Stewart, George Cabot Ward, William Orlon, Jonathan Sturpes, John Cochrane, A. R. Wetmore, Nathaniel Hayden, Edwin Hoyt, T. R.…

GLC04922

14 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Promotion of Thomas W. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Artillery].

This document is a record of the promotion of Thomas W. Sherman, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. Accompanied by an orange seal and docketed in the upper left corner.

GLC04741

29 November 1852

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Mortgage indenture taken on 160 acres in Menard County, Illinois by Thomas and Elizabeth Cantrall]

This document is a record of a mortgage indenture filled out and signed by Abraham Lincoln in the state of Illinois by Thomas and Elizabeth Cantrall. The mortgage indenture was taken out for 160 acres in Menard County, Illinois. Lincoln's AES dated 6/22/1858. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Work Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848-1858, p. 162

GLC04811

2 August 1858

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to C.W. Michael and William Proctor

Replies concerning Stephen Douglas, "Judge Douglas considers my presence at his appointments as an intrusion; and so I have concluded to not be present at them." States that if they can assure him an audience at Lewistown on the 17th, he will try to be there. Written during his campaign against Stephen A. Douglas for his Senate seat. Note on the verso by a previous owner stating the letter is the property of Mary Laura K. Wright of Canton, Illinois.

GLC04812

4 March 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Inaugural address. March 4, 1865.

Printing of Lincoln's historic second inaugural address which he delivered on the steps of the Capital 4 March 1865. This is the official edition printed by the U. S. Government Printing Office.

GLC04958

1858

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of... [House Divided speech] [first separate printing, unique variant]

Apparently an unrecorded variant of the first separate printing by O. P. Bassett. The two other recorded copies have an imprint reading the "True Republican Office" with "Printer" abbreviated to "Pr."; the GLC copy omits the word "True" in the imprint and has "Printer" in-full. Like the two other extant copies, this copy prints the second "r" in "Territory" on page 13 upside down.

GLC04957

2 August 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Letter signed

Title: to John Charles Frémont

President Lincoln informs Major General Frémont that Dr. Godfrey Aigner was appointed by the United States Sanitary Commission to visit soldiers stationed at a camp under Frémont's command "to report upon circumstances affecting their health, and to advise the officers in regard to means for sustaining and improving the sanitary condition of their men." Contains a United States Bureau of Pensions Division stamp.

GLC04874

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Header Record

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols), and 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)]

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's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061

May 1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: [Lincoln's tomb showing his and Willie's caskets, covered with flowers and crepe]

A print of a photograph of the caskets of Abraham Lincoln and William Wallace Lincoln in the receiving vault of Oak Ridge Cemetary, Springfield, IL. Taken sometime in May, 1865. Willie's remains were exhumed upon his father's death and transferred to Springfield, where both of their remains were interred with Edward's and Tad's in 1871. Half stereo-card size print. Ex-Fay. An albumen print on a modern mounting.

GLC05111.01.0012

circa 1861-1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph signed

Title: Abraham Lincoln and George Washington on patriotic card

Small cameo sized albumen prints of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington appear side by side in ovals decorated with stars. The Union shield appears below the photographs. An American eagle holding a scroll perches over two American flags above the photographs. The decorations on the mount are embossed.

GLC05111.02.0031

1860's ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Front view of the White House

Ink inscription on verso "President's house [18]67."

GLC05111.02.0037

1860's ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Front view of the White House

Photographers imprint on verso: "Brady's Album Gallery. No. 14. South Front of White House, Washington. The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at considerable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will be at once instituted against any party infringing against the copyright."

GLC05111.02.0038

1860's ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Rear view of White House

Ink inscription on verso "67 Presidents House."

GLC05111.02.0040

circa 1861-1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Small tintype of Lincoln mounted on CDV format card

Embossed on recto "Pottere Patent March 7 1865," Laurel wreath surrounds image.

GLC05111.02.0030

1860's ca.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Lincoln's Springfield home

Imprint on recto "President Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Ills." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographer, Springfield Ill."

GLC05111.02.0033

1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Lincoln's tomb with soldiers on guard

Graphite inscription on verso "37A," "Lincoln's Tomb, Springfield Ill," "Receiving vault for cemetery then and now. Soldiers on guard," "held remains President and Willie. Nov. & Dec. 1865." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographic Artist, City Gallery, West Side of Public Square, Springfield, Ill." Cancelled orange two-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0045

circa 1861-1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Chicago court house decorated with mourning bunting

Crowd streaming into the Chicago Court House to view Lincoln's body. Graphite inscription on verso "**Book." Photographers imprint on verso: "D.C. Pratt, Photographic Artist, Broadway, Aurora, Ill."

GLC05111.02.0047

1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: State House, Springfield, IL in mourning

Lavishly decorated with mourning bunting. Graphite inscription on verso "#38," "never been published," "State House Springfield Ill." Photographers imprint on verso: "F.W. Ingmire, Photographic Artist, City Gallery, West Side of Public Square, Springfield, Ill." Cancelled two-cent orange tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0048

1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Funeral in Columbus, Ohio

A large line of people filing into a large building decorated with mourning bunting. A sign reading "With malice to no one with charity for all" hangs on the front of the building. Photographers imprint on verso: "From E.S. Walker's No. 27 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio."

GLC05111.02.0049

circa 1861-1865

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Photograph

Title: Lincoln related building

Possibly Oberlin College? Large, institutional type building. Four people stand on a observation deck on the roof. Imprint on recto "A.C. Platt, Oberlin, O[hio]." Cancelled green three-cent tax stamp on verso.

GLC05111.02.0050

5 December 1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document

Title: Thirteenth Amendment resolution

Thirteenth amendment resolution ending slavery, partially printed and signed by members of both houses of Congress who voted for the resolution. A "Congressional" copy NOT signed by President Lincoln, partially printed on parchment with manuscript additions. Signed by Hamlin, Colfax, Forney, McPherson, 37 senators, and 111 Congressmen.

GLC10007