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1847/06/08-1847/09/03
State Register Vol. 1, No. 1-36 [Lincoln] [damaged issue no. 2]
With content related to Abraham Lincoln's legislative career. Lacking the first leaf of No. 2.
GLC06618
1 March 1848
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Jesse W. Fell
Short letter announcing the war's end. Predicts that the peace treaty submitted to Congress will be passed. Notes: Basler 1:454-55.
GLC06413
7 July 1858
to John J. Crittenden
Lincoln heard that Crittenden was going to write letters in support of Stephen Douglas for the Senate and Thomas L. Harris for the House of Representatives. Lincoln thinks this action would not be in Crittenden's character and asks him to pursue a...
GLC06324
15 August 1853
to Thomas J. Turner
Provides instructions for following the state Statute in taking depositions. Also discusses the whereabouts and filing of cross-interrogations by Stephen Logan.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Ruters...
GLC06677
circa 1860-1865
Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883
[Draft of speech introducing Lincoln]
Reads in part, "God has made our future peace depend on virtue -- and our national health on wise and temperate use of the blessings entrusted to our care." On page four he begins to introduce Lincoln but does not finish. With cross-outs and...
GLC06474
2 November 1842
to James S. Irwin
Writes that he and Stephen T. Logan, his law partner, will attend to any business in the Supreme Court Irwin sends to them. States that it is impossible to establish fees that will apply to all cases and makes it clear that they will require payment...
GLC06256
June 1848
United States. Congress
A short statement of the causes which led to the war with Mexico...
Title continues "showing the inconsistent course of the Whig party on the subject." Record from Congress detailing contradictory Whig votes in the 29th and 30th Congresses, first supporting the Mexican War and then declaring that it was...
GLC05162
1860 ca.
Republican "Wide-Awake," sixth-plate ruby glass ambrotype, election of 1860
Depicts a serious young man in a waterproof cap and cape, holding an oil torch. The image has been painted to suggest light from the torch. The "wide awakes" led processions supporting Lincoln in the election of 1860. Nevins "Emergence of Lincoln"...
GLC05187
25 May 1849
to Elisha Embree
Writes that he has heard that the General Land Office is going to be given to Illinois and that Thomas Ewing, the Secretary of the Interior, wants Justin Butterfield to be appointed. Lincoln advises that this would be a great mistake. "I give you...
GLC05276
21 December 1857
to Jesse K. Dubois
Writes to Dubois, the Illinois State auditor, to get him to accept a $90,000 temporary settlement offer for property taxes due the state of Illinois from the Illinois Central Rail Road Company.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln....
GLC05277
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