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1838-1866
Lincoln - Cherokee collection [decimalized]
Consisting of 1838 Cherokee Treaty, Bonneville letter, and John Ross's correspondence with Lincoln in 1862.
GLC01233
8 July 1817
Hewson, John (1744-1821)
to Rufus Lincoln [incomplete]
Says Lincoln's daughter reports his health is as good as can be expected. Hewson says his health has been poor since last winter and that he was confined to the house for eight or nine weeks. Says God wanted him to live in order to help his youngest...
GLC03849.04
circa 1820
Undated, circa date inferred from other letters in the collection. Note in pencil in different hand says page 13 is the last, but it is missing here. Pages numbered 5-12 so beginning and end of letter are missing. After escaping to New Jersey...
GLC03849.08
4 April 1836
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)
to Solomon Lincoln Esq.
Pontificating on the history and intentions of the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and on the important principles to be learned from America's collective history. Also giving his views on freedom of religion and freedom of speech and the limits...
GLC07868
22 July 1849
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
to James Berdan
Relates that he recently received a letter from the Clerk to the General Land Office John Addison indicating that their commissioner Justin Butterfield considers Berdan eligible to gain an appointment to the Office. States that if Berdan indeed...
GLC03190
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.
GLC01302
to John Addison
Hopes that his writing on the "other half of the sheet" (not present) referred to is useful to Addison, Clerk of the General Land Office. Asks Addison to give Lucas (possibly Josiah Lucas, another clerk of the Land Office) his respects. Comments...
GLC03189
23 March 1861
Treaty Between the United States and the Winnebago Tribe of Indians
written on April 15, 1859
GLC04099.41
6 August 1861
Treaty Between the United States and the Deleware Tribe of Indians
concluded July 2, 1861 proclaimed October 4, 1861
GLC04099.42
15 April 1862
Treaty Between the United States and the Pottawatomie Nation of Indians
concluded November 15, 1861 proclaimed April 19, 1862
GLC04099.43
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