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21.	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.

22.	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.

23.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : to Gideon Welles, 1861 Apr. 19.	At the request of Israel S. Smith, an old acquaintance, Lincoln asks the secretary of the Navy to appoint John W. Griffiths to the office of naval constructor.	Smith, Israel S. Griffiths, John W. (John Willis), 1809-1882. United States. Navy -- Appointments and retirements.

24.	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.

25.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : to John Eddy, 1860 June 4.	Acknowledges congratulations on his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and sends greetings to supporters in Rhode Island.	Presidents -- United States -- Nomination.

26.	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.

27.	Mitchell, A. S., fl. 1864.	ALS : to William T. Sherman, 1864 Mar. 21.	Asks for the release on oath of three minors, now prisoners of war, who had been forced into the Confederate Army. With autograph endorsements by Sherman, 20 March; and Abraham Lincoln, 14 April, directing that the boys be released on taking the loyalty oath of 8 December 1863.	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Juvenile. Child soldiers -- United States.

28.	Hale, James Tracy, 1810-1865.	ALS : Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Dec. 19.	Asks that George N. Heard, who had been forced into the Confederate Army but whose family and friends were in Pennsylvania, be released from Fort Delaware prison. With an autograph endorsement by Lincoln, 20 December, directing that Heard be discharged on taking a loyalty oath.	Heard, George N., fl. 1854-1864 -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.

29.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS : Washington, D.C., to Edwin M. Stanton, 1863 Oct. 16.	Authorizes the discharge from the Army of 18-year-old Edwin F. Platt, at the request of his mother, Elizabeth J. Platt, on condition of a statement by D.S. Gregory. With Gregory's statement, dated 20 Oct., on integral leaf, and further endorsement signed with initials by Lincoln.	Platt, Elizabeth J., fl. 1845-1863. Platt, Edwin F., b. 1845. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Military discharge -- United States.

30.	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.

31.	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.

32.	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.)

33.	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.

34.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS and photograph : Washington, D.C., to Mary Motley, Washington, D.C., 1862 May 17.	In reply to a request from the daughter of the historian John Lothrop Motley, Lincoln sends his signature. With envelope addressed and franked by Lincoln's secretary John G. Nicolay. Accompanied by a signed photograph (carte-de-visite, by Mathew Brady).	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Portraits.

35.	King, Austin Augustus, 1802-1870.	ALS with the Missouri delegation and others, 1864 Jan. 5, Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln.	Eleven members of Congress from Missouri, four from Kentucky, and the governor of Utah recommend Judge S.P. McCurdy for a judgeship in the Utah or Idaho Territory. With an ANS by Lincoln, dated 27 January, on the verso.	McCurdy, Solomon Portious Sharp, 1820-1890. United States. Congress -- Missouri delegation. Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States.

36.	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.

37.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1840 Apr. 17, Springfield, Ill., to Dr. Barrett.	Asks Barrett to procure copies of the Journal and Debates of the New York Convention of 1821 and the Journal of the New York Senate of 1812; reports on local politics in Illinois.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Books and reading. Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.

38.	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.

39.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1848 Mar. 24, Washington, D.C., to Solomon Lincoln, Hingham, Mass.	In reply to a request for genealogical information, Abraham Lincoln had written to Solomon Lincoln what he knew of his family back to his great-great-grandfather. In this letter he answers some of Solomon's questions based on that account, and suggests further lines of inquiry.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Family. Lincoln family.

40.	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.