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December 19, 1864
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Ladies managing the Soldier's Fair
Written on Executive Mansion stationery. Lincoln alludes to the "good news" of Sherman's March to the Sea.
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22 May 1849
[Patent for Abraham Lincoln's improvement in buoying vessels over shoals]
Patent granted to Lincoln for inventing "a new and improved manner of combining adjustable buoyant air chambers with a steamboat or other vessel for the purpose of enabling their draught of water to be readily lessened to enable them to pass over...
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28 April 1832
Special order No. 7: Brigade muskets during Black Hawk War
Lincoln's signature "A. Lincoln, Capt." on verso of receipt.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincon. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. I p. 9-10.
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1890 ca.
Parker, Charles W., fl. 1889-1890
[Benjamin Harrison]
Cabinet photograph of President Harrison. Part of a matching set, one with his wife's image. Image by Charles Parker of Washington.
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8 November 1879
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
[Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal for commutation of sentence imposed upon Isaac Jacobson].
Partly printed document signed as President.
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