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

2.	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.

3.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS, 1864 Apr. 18.	Endorsement on a letter, directing that a prisoner of war be allowed to take the loyalty oath prescribed by the amnesty proclamation of 8 December 1863 and be discharged.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

4.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS, 1864 Apr. 20, Washington, D.C.	Endorsement clipped from a larger document, directing that a prisoner of war be allowed to take the loyalty oath prescribed by the amnesty proclamation of 8 December 1863 and be discharged.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

5.	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.

6.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS, 1864 July 27, Washington, D.C.	Endorsement clipped from a larger document, directing that a prisoner of war be allowed to take the loyalty oath prescribed by the amnesty proclamation of 8 December 1863 and be discharged.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

7.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS, 1864 Nov. 26, Washington, D.C.	Endorsement clipped from a larger document, directing that a prisoner of war be allowed to take the loyalty oath prescribed by the amnesty proclamation of 8 December 1863 and be discharged.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

8.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ADS, 1865 Feb. 20, Washington, D.C.	Endorsement clipped from a larger document, directing that a group of prisoners of war be allowed to take the loyalty oath prescribed by the amnesty proclamation of 8 December 1863 and be discharged.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

9.	Goodrich, Grant, fl. 1863.	ALS : Chicago, to Abraham Lincoln, 1863 July 6.	Introduces J.G. Hamilton, whose brother-in-law William T. Smithson has been imprisoned for treason. In an autograph endorsement dated 1 August, Lincoln asks that Smithson's case be turned over to the civil court.	Hamilton, J. G., fl. 1863. Smithson, William T., fl. 1861-1863 -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Collaborationists.

10.	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.

11.	Harris, Henry T., fl. 1864.	ALS : Elmira Prison, Elmira, N.Y., to his cousin Louis, 1864 Nov. 9.	Gives details of his arrest and confinement as a prisoner of war and asks for help in obtaining his release. With an autograph endorsement by Abraham Lincoln, 8 December 1864, directing that Harris be released on taking the loyalty oath of 8 December 1863.	Harris, Henry T., fl. 1864 -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

12.	Tripps, James, fl. 1864.	ALS : Orange, N.J., to C.M. Parkman, 1864 Oct. 25.	Asks Parkman's help in obtaining the release of his son Capt. James M. Tripps from Libby Prison. With an autograph endorsement signed by Abraham Lincoln, 31 Oct., directing that Tripps be exchanged for Capt. William F. Gordon.	Tripps, James M., fl. 1864 -- Imprisonment. Gordon, William F., Jr. -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.

13.	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.

14.	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.

15.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to John M. Clayton, Washington, D.C., 1849 July 28.	Advises president Zachary Taylor, through Secretary of State Clayton, that presidential appointments must be seen to come from the president, even if he has delegated responsibility for them to the executive departments.	Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection.

16.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Springfield, Ill., to John M. Palmer, 1856 Aug. 1.	Advises Palmer to wait a while before declining publicly to run for Congress. Signed also by William H. Herndon, Richard Yates, and William Jayne; members of the newly-formed Republican Party in Illinois.	Palmer, John M. (John McAuley), 1817-1900. United States. Congress. House -- Elections, 1856. Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.

17.	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.

18.	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.

19.	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.

20.	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.