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to Montgomery Meigs

Lincoln is having Captain Asher R. Eddy relieved of duty as a Quarter Master in Springfield, Illinois because "a 'snarl' has somehow gotten up between him & [the State Government], which must be broken up." He asks Quartermaster General Meigs to...

GLC01514

to John Sherman

Argues that Dr. C. Woodworth, a nominee for postmaster of Trumbull County, Ohio, is nominated solely because he is an acquaintance of President Johnson: "It is only another evidence that the President is unwilling to listen to the wishes of the...

GLC01517

to Robert Williams

Writes about his trial for conspiracy against the United States. States that the vindictive temper and conduct of Judge Thomas Rodney have induced him to withdraw from public view. Remarks that he will continue to submit to civil authority as long...

GLC01524

to the Institut National de France

Jefferson sends his thanks for becoming the first American member of the Institute. The letter is addressed to "Citizens, President and Secretaries."

GLC01533

to William Pitt Kellogg

President Grant informs Kellogg, Governor of Louisiana, that no troops will be supplied for the 8 January 1877 inauguration of the Louisiana Government. States that he cannot send troops, because to do so would express recognition of one of two...

GLC01545.04

to T. Apoleon Cheney

Written by Dahlgren as commander of the Washington Navy Yard. References Cheney's notes of 6 and 10 January. Has not responded because of the "many demands on my time." Says some of the books he has requested are procurable and will be forwarded...

GLC01545.09

to William Buel Franklin

Discusses the use of his Washington D.C. office by the National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers. Tells Franklin that he is changing occupations (he had been elected Governor of Massachusetts) and explains that he will need to redirect the rent...

GLC01545.10

to Simon Cameron

Writes to Secretary of War Cameron to allow Colonel William H. Emory's resignation to be withdrawn and to have him reinstated to Colonel 1st Cavalry. Emory was stationed in Indian territory. Lincoln bases his decision on Commanding General Irwin...

GLC01568

to Mary Jay

Written while serving as Assistant Secretary to President Abraham Lincoln to a family friend. Writes of General George McClellan and his failed Peninsula campaign, "...What a wretched conclusion of all our little General's boasting addresses and...

GLC01569

to Benjamin F. Butler

Seeking details about free black labor in Union-occupied Louisiana

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953). Vol. V 1861 - 1862,
p. 487 - 488.

GLC01570