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1863/11/09
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
[Early photo of the coin counting room of the Philadelphia Mint]
[Early photo of the coin counting room of the Philadelphia Mint]. A photo of two men sitting at a table counting coins.
GLC01992.02
4 December 1862
Gray, William (1810-1892)
to Justin Morrill
Discusses country's current financial position, per Morrill's request. Details poor state of U.S. finances, explains the "very grave objections" to President Lincoln's recommendation of a general banking law, and offers possible alternatives. "Our...
GLC03806
23 July 1783
Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)
to Henry Knox
Written by Secretary of War Lincoln to Major General Knox. References Knox's letter of 15 July, which referred to a plan for an arsenal [at West Point?]. Reports that as the official peace treaty has now arrived, they may not have the help of "the...
GLC02437.02319
23 February 1798
Knox, Henry (1750-1806)
Deed
Copy of mortgage of the Waldo patent between Knox, Henry Jackson, Benjamin Lincoln, and Israel Thorndike.
GLC02437.07253
24 February 1862
Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)
to Nahum Capen
Less than a month after being appointed Secretary of War, Stanton makes a thinly-veiled attack on Lincoln's economic policies.
Excerpt: "No public man, in times like these, can fail to have both his words and acts misunderstood & any one is...
GLC00008
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