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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 : Springfield, Ill., to W.H. Wells, Waynesburg, Pa., 1859 Jan. 8. In response to a request for a copy of his debates with Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln writes that Douglas's support for the Dred Scott decision and his refusal to condemn slavery make it impossible for Republicans to support him. Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861 -- Views on slavery. Slavery -- United States. Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858. United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861. Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865. 62. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ADS, 1864 Jan. 12, Washington, D.C. Establishes the point where the line of the Central Pacific Railroad crosses Arcade Creek in the Sacramento Valley as the western base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Central Pacific Railroad Company. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Boundaries. Railroads -- United States. 63. 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. 64. 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. 65. Burke, Edward, fl. 1862. Letters of recommendation, 1862, Washington, D.C. ALS by Abraham Lincoln, 4 March 1862, on Executive Mansion stationery, "to whom it may concern"; endorsed with an ANS, no date, by Sen. Orville H. Browning to Mr. Newton; ALS by John G. Nicolay, 16 June 1862, on Executive Mansion stationery, to Capt. Dana, Assistant Quartermaster, recommending Burke for a job as mess-room steward; and the envelope for this letter, addressed and franked by Nicolay. Burke, Edward, fl. 1862. 66. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS, 1839 Dec. 11, Springfield, Ill., to Eliza Caldwell Browning, Quincy, Ill. A mock petition by Lincoln and several of his friends in the state legislature to the wife of a colleague, requesting her to return to Springfield with a train of young ladies for the Christmas season. The "petition" is begun by Lincoln and finished by John J. Hardin, and signed by both of them, as well as John Dawson and E.B. Webb; and followed by a letter from Hardin to Mrs. Browning, endorsed by Lincoln and Webb. Browning, Eliza Caldwell, fl. 1836-1839. Springfield (Ill.) -- Social life and customs. 67. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ALS : to the Kentucky delegation, 1861 July 29. Asks the consent of Kentucky's congressmen for Jesse Bayles to raise a regiment in the state. Endorsed with the signatures of all five congressmen and an ANS by Lincoln dated 5 August. Bayles, Jesse. United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. United States. Congress -- Kentucky delegation. 68. 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. 69. 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. 70. Delahay, Mark W. (Mark William), 1818?-1879. Correspondence : Washington, D.C., with Abraham Lincoln, 1861 May 10. Delahay requests an interview with Lincoln, whose affirmative autograph reply is on verso. 71. 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. 72. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. ADS : Springfield, Ill., 1839 Aug. 6. Receipt for payment by a client, signed "Stuart & Lincoln".
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