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	Browsing 72 item(s) in: George Washington\nAbraham Lincoln\nRobert Morris\n     Image: Creator: Title: Summary: Subject: 61. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1850 Mar. 22, Springfield, Ill., to Thomas Ewing. Recommends Dr. Anson G. Henry to the secretary of the Interior for appointment to an Indian agency. Henry, Anson G., 1804-1865. Indian agents -- Selection and appointment -- United States. 62. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS : Springfield, Ill., to Thomas Ewing, 1849 Apr. 7. Recommends that Turner R. King be appointed register of the General Land Office at Springfield if it becomes vacant. Comments on the incumbent, James W. Barrett. Postscript signed A.L. King, Turner R., fl. 1849. Barrett, James W., fl. 1842-1849. United States. Springfield Land Office -- Officials and employees. Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865. Patronage, Political -- Illinois. 63. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Fragment on the formation of the Republican Party, [1857 ca. Feb. 28]. Recounts the early struggles of the party andand affirms its dedication to the fight against slavery. The occasion of the speech is unknown, but it refers to the election of 1856 as "a year ago". Basler associates the contents with Lincoln's notes for a speech given in Chicago on 28 Feb. 1857. The fragment is accompanied by a letter from Mrs. E.I. Grimsley, 10 Apr. 1866, to the Rev. E.P. Hammond, which identifies it as an address to the Republican Party in 1859. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Slavery -- United States. 64. Lawrence, S. K., defendant. Rejoinder : Springfield, Ill., [1846 Mar. 27]. Rejoinder to the second replication in G.U. Miles's suit against Lawrence in the circuit court of Sangamon County. Written and signed by Lawrence's attorney, Mason Brayman; with an autograph endorsement by the plaintiff's attorney Abraham Lincoln, signed "Harris & Lincoln". Endorsed on the verso "Filed March 27, 1846". Miles, G. U. -- Trials, litigation, etc. Lawrence, S. K. -- Trials, litigation, etc. 65. Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. ALS, 1865 March 30, Gravelly Run, Va., to Abraham Lincoln, City Point, Va. Reports on losses at the battle of Dinwiddie, and Union troop movements following it. Appomattox Campaign, 1865. Dinwiddie Court House, Battle of, Dinwiddie, Va., 1865. 66. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1865 Apr. 1, City Point, Va., to William H. Seward, Fort Monroe, Va. Reports the news of Sheridan's victory at Five Forks, which forced Lee to retreat and allowed Union forces to capture Richmond. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888. 67. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ADS : Washington, D.C., 1863 Sep. 17. Requesting federal employment for the bearer, an unidentified woman. Job hunting -- United States. Women -- Employment -- United States. United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection. 68. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS : Washington, D.C., to Henry W. Halleck, 1863 Oct. 24. Reviews the latest intelligence on Confederate troop movements and suggests that if Halleck has no plan, the Army of the Potomac should attack Lee and try to break the railroad at Lynchburg. Halleck, H. W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872. United States. Army of the Potomac. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 69. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Signatures, [s.d.]. Signatures "Abraham" and "Abraham Lincoln", cut from upper left corner of a larger sheet of paper. Presidents -- United States -- Autographs. 70. Lincoln, Solomon, 1804-1881. ALS, 1848 Mar. 2, Hingham, Mass., to Artemas Hale. Solomon Lincoln asks Hale to forward a request for genealogical information to his fellow congressman Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family. Lincoln family. 71. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. LS, 1863 Aug. 10, Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth E. Hutter and others. Thanking a group of women who had sent him a flag and raised a sum of money for the benefit of wounded soldiers. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 72. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1849 Dec. 15, Springfield, Ill., to George W. Rives. While Lincoln was serving as congressman from Illinois he had apparently been forced to refuse to support a recommendation made by Rives, who then began to abuse him. Here Lincoln expresses his hurt and his wish to resolve the problem.
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