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1 January 1890
Stoddard, William Osborn (1835-1925)
to Mr. Clark
Returns proofs with corrections. Stoddard was one of Abraham Lincoln's secretaries.
GLC05603.01.20
11 November 1886
Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891)
to Madam
Informs an unknown woman of the members of Lincoln's cabinet, noting who has died and where the remaining men are now living. Mentions William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Caleb B. Smith, Simon Cameron, Gideon Welles, and Montgomery Blair.
GLC05603.01.12
14 August 1897
Duke, Basil Wilson (1838-1916)
to George A. Dary
Duke, a former Confederate lieutenant colonel and historian, acknowledges receipt of a letter from Dary, a Boston lawyer. Confirms that Dary's letter (not included) was accompanied by a copy of President Abraham Lincoln's correspondence with Edwin M...
GLC05922.02
circa 19 September 1880-1883
Hunt, Henry Jackson (1819-1889)
to W. Kalenski
Signed "HJH." Date range inferred from Hunt's location. Mentions [Kalenski's?] application for the Ordnance Department. Finds fault with the conclusions, not the facts, of an article on the Peninsula campaign. Defends McClellan's strategy in that...
GLC05561
18 February 1879
Garfield, James A. (James Abram) (1831-1881)
to Louis Abraham
Discusses the separation of church and states. Corrects a misunderstanding from a speech in which he gave the impression that the "Constitution forbade the states to make any law in aid of religion." What he meant was that the spirit of American...
GLC05559
16 March 1896
Nott, Charles Cooper (1827-1916)
to Cephas Brainerd
Discusses a disagreement over which group was responsible for booking Abraham Lincoln to speak at the Cooper Institute on 27 February 1860. Lincoln was invited by the Young Men's Republican Union. States that Mr. Bowen had no influence over the...
GLC04471.05
1897/01/30
Grant, Frederick Dent (1850-1912)
To Genl. Wilson
He is unable to read his paper before the "Genealogical & Biographical Society" on 2/12. He already promised to attend a Lincoln Banquet, but suggests that someone else may read his paper.
GLC04360.013
1887/02/06
To: W.E. Mitchell.
Writing on behalf of Mrs. Grant. There are no Lincoln signatures in her possession from which the signature could be taken without destroying the value of the letter.
GLC04360.008
20 December 1878
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891)
to Sarah Butler Woster
Regrets that he cannot part with his commissions and a letter signed by Abraham Lincoln stating that he and his children have agreed that they are too precious. Written on stationary of the Headquarters Army of the United States.
GLC04582
1897
Porter, Horace (1837-1921)
Campaigning with Grant
Published by The Century Co. in New York and printed by The DeVinne Press. The two volumes contain 32 chapters, which cover the period from Grant's move to the eastern theatre in 1864 until Lee's surrender in 1865. Contains tipped-in autographs...
GLC04203
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