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January 2, 1801
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Thomas Boylston Adams
Docketed on p. 4. Written as President to his son about the Convention with France which averted war. Adams quotes from jurist Vattell and mentions Grotius and Puffendorf.
GLC01204
March 12, 1777
Washington, George, 1732-1799
[Orders to submit a regimental return]
A working draft of a clerical copy of a circular letter from George Washington. These, or comparable, orders were given by George Washington on 12 March 1777 to various colonels of the Continental Army. (See Fitzpatrick and the GW Papers at the...
GLC01205.04
February 5, 1841
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to John Stuart
Written in blue ink. Discussing Illinois and Sangamon county politics, Lincoln says he and some others would like Bat Web (Edwin B. Webb, per Basler) as District Attorney. He concludes by alluding to the "locos" (Democrats) in the upcoming...
GLC01210
May 11, 1863
to Edwin M. Stanton
Curtis was replaced with Schonfield in the Dept of the Missouri. Written on Executive Mansion stationery. Docketed on p. 4 by Stanton
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol...
GLC01211
October 24, 1861
to Gen. David Hunter
Written after the relieval of Fremont. A draft in the hand of John Hay (Sec.) with corrections and an additional paragraph at the end in Lincoln's hand. Basler 5: 2.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ...
GLC01212
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