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41.	Greene, W. G.	ALS : Petersburg, Ill., to John Todd Stuart, 1864 Mar. 18.	Letter of W.G. Greene to John Todd Stuart, 18 March, asking assistance in procuring the release of his brother-in-law F.M. White, a prisoner of war. On the integral leaf are an undated letter to Stuart from George Spears in support of Greene's request and an autograph endorsement signed by Abraham Lincoln, 31 March, directing that White be allowed to take the loyalty oath and be released.	White, F. M. -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

42.	Lewis, Thomas, store owner, defendant.	Plea : Springfield, Ill., 1855 June 16.	Lewis's lawyers, McWilliams, William Henry Herndon, and Abraham Lincoln, plead actio non to Henry Hageman's suit against their client. Entirely in Lincoln's hand and signed by him "McWilliams, Lincoln & Herndon".	Lewis, Thomas, store owner -- Trials, litigation, etc. Hageman, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc.

43.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Washington, D.C., to William B. Preston, 1849 June 24.	Lincoln asks the secretary of the Navy to inquire into the case of his friend A.F. Patrick, who has been dismissed from a clerkship in his department, to clear him from unjust charges and find a temporary appointment for him.	Patrick, Amos F. United States. Navy Dept. -- Officials and employees.

44.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, 1861 Mar. 9.	Lincoln asks Welles, the secretary of the Navy, to call on him at once.	Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878. United States. Navy Dept. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

45.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : City Point, Va., to Ulysses S. Grant, 1865 Apr. 6.	Lincoln describes his secret meeting with the Confederate assistant secretary of war, John A. Campbell, to discuss the possibility of peace, and directs Grant to continue his campaign in Virginia. Also mentions Secretary of State William Seward's carriage accident.	Campbell, John Archibald, 1811-1889. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Health. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Peace. Appomattox Campaign, 1865.

46.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Washington, D.C., to Thomas S. Flournoy, 1848 Feb. 17.	Lincoln expresses his support for Zachary Taylor as the Whig candidate for president and assesses the Whigs' chances in the Illinois elections.	Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. Whig Party (U.S.)

47.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to John Pettit, 1860 Sept. 14.	Lincoln inquires about the progress of his presidential campaign in New York.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1860. New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.

48.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to William B. Preston, 1849 May 16.	Lincoln opposes the appointment of Justin Butterfield of Chicago as commissioner of the General Land Office, on the grounds that the has already received several political appointments after elections in which others worked hard and he did nothing.	Butterfield, Justin, 1790-1855. United States. Springfield Land Office -- Officials and employees. Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865. Patronage, Political -- Illinois.

49.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to Dr. D.A. Cheever, Tazewell County, Ill., 1858 July 25.	Lincoln plans to visit Tazewell County soon and asks Cheever and friends to "be fixing things up" until then. ANS at foot of page by recipient's son Washington Irving Cheever.	Tazewell County (Ill.) -- Politics and government.

50.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1848 Mar. 6, Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.	Lincoln, in response to an inquiry from Solomon Lincoln of Massachusetts, tells what he knows of his family's history back to his great-grandfather.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family. Lincoln family.

51.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to William B. Preston, 1849 Apr. 20.	Lincoln, who had helped to secure a Whig victory in the election of 1848, writes to President Zachary Taylor's secretary of the Navy to ask for political patronage for Illinois Whigs.	Whig Party (U.S.) Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. Patronage, Political -- Illinois.

52.	United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)	Annual message to Congress : MsS, 1864 Dec. 6, Washington, D.C.	Manuscript, in the hands of three different clerks, of Lincoln's last presidential message to Congress, signed and dated by Lincoln. Topics discussed include foreign relations, the election of 1864, financial affairs, settlement of the West, and a review of the Civil War.	Presidents -- United States -- Messages. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1861-1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

53.	McAdam, James G.	ALS : to Abraham Lincoln, 1864 June 9.	McAdam asks Lincoln's assistance in the case of his friend James A. McCrea, a Scotsman convicted of selling whiskey to soldiers in Kentucky. With an ANS by Lincoln, June 10, on the last page.	McCrea, James A. Liquor laws -- Kentucky.

54.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Notes on recruiting Negroes : AMs, Washington, D.C., [1862 July 22?].	Notes on Lincoln's willingness to recruit Afro-Americans for the armed forces, depending on the person's slave or free status and the loyalty and consent of slaves' owners. Basler surmises that the notes were prepared for the cabinet meeting of 22 July 1862, a week after Lincoln signed legislation allowing such recruitment, at which he presented the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.	United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.

55.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1852 Mar. 14, Springfield, Ill., to J.C. Londeman & Co., St. Louis.	Orders carpet to match a sample he had sent earlier.	J.C. Londeman & Co.

56.	United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)	Executive order : Washington, D.C., 1865 Mar. 6.	Orders free passage through federal lines for goods purchased by the government from Amos C. and William Babcock and safe conduct for their agents. Signed by Lincoln.	Babcock, Amos C., fl. 1865. Babcock, William, fl. 1865. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies. Safe-conducts.

57.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Plan of a military campaign : AMs, [ca. 1861 Oct. 1], Washington, D.C.	Plans for an attack on the Confederate force defending the railroad connecting Virginia and Tennessee where it passed through Cumberland Gap. Lincoln begins by summarizing Union and Confederate positions in Kentucky and its approaches, then gives directions for troops to gather at Louisville and Cincinnati, meet at Lexington, and pick up another force on the way to the gap. This attack, which was never carried out, was to coincide with movements to seize positions on the South Carolina coast.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Cumberland Gap Region (Tenn.) -- History, Military. Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914. Crittenden, George Bibb, 1812-1880. Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890. McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870. Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862.

58.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Invitation : Washington, D.C., 1864 Mar. 1.	Printed invitation to an "at home".	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882. Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs.

59.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS : Springfield, Ill., 1839 Aug. 6.	Receipt for payment by a client, signed "Stuart & Lincoln".

60.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : to John E. Wool, 1862 Sept. 30.	Recommends Capt. Thomas Stackpole for a position as a sutler. On the integral leaf is another ALS by Mary Todd Lincoln.	Stackpole, Thomas.