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41.	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.

42.	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.

43.	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.

44.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1864 Sept. 3, Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles.	Directs the secretary of the Navy to provide the secretary of War with statistics on Navy enlistments.	United States. Navy Dept. United States. War Dept. United States. Navy -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

45.	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.

46.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ALS, 1865 Jan. 24, Washington, D.C., to William Menzies.	Announces the Union capture of Wilmington, N.C., the last Confederate seaport. (In reality, only Fort Fisher had been captured; the port was effectively closed, but the city was not taken for another month.)	Wilmington (N.C.) -- History -- 19th century. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades.

47.	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.

48.	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.

49.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	ANS (initials) : to Mark Delahay, [1859 May 14].	Accompanied a copy (not present) of a form letter sent to J.L. Dugger and M.F. Conway in Kansas; notes that Lincoln plans to speak in Kansas before the election.	Dugger, Jefferson L., fl. 1859. Conway, M. F. (Martin Franklin), 1827-1882. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861. Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861.

50.	Elliott, Andrew, defendant.	Answer in Berry v. Elliott et al : Springfield, Ill., 1846 Mar. 26.	Legal document in the hand of Abraham Lincoln in a case involving the estate of one of the first settlers in Springfield. Elisha Kelly from North Carolina, with his father Henry and four brothers, John, Elijah, William and George, were the first to build cabins on the site of Springfield. William Kelly later left for Missouri, but before he left he placed several notes in the hands of Andrew Elliott, who opened the Buckhorn Tavern at Springfield in 1821, to be collected for his daughter. This document deals with the suit of John Berry on behalf of his daughter, Kelly's granddaughter, against Elliott. The matter was complicated by certain verbal instructions given by Kelly after his departure, and so the full history of the case is here set forth. Lincoln represented Elliott, and at one point the case was ordered to be arbitrated. Lincoln and Josiah Lamborn, Kelly's lawyer, drew up a statement of the facts and submitted it to David A. Smith, a lawyer of Jacksonville, for arbitration. Smith ruled that Elliott was authorized to retain the control of the fund during Maria's minority. This document is the respondent's statement, signed by Elliott, and witnessed on 26 March 1846 by John Calhoun. On the back of the last page A. M. Heslep, representing the complainant, asks satisfaction of the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, charging that "the answer of complainant is insufficient untrue & evasive." John Calhoun had been Lincoln's chief when he was a surveyor.	Elliott, Andrew -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Trials, litigation, etc.

51.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Appointment, 1864 Apr. 21, Washington, D.C., of William Kellogg.	Appoints Kellogg minister to Guatemala (a position which he declined). Printed form signed by Lincoln and William H. Seward.	Kellogg, William, 1814-1872. Diplomatic and consular service, American.

52.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Baltimore address : holograph ms., [not after 1864 Apr. 18].	In this speech given at the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, 18 April 1864, Lincoln analyzes conflicting definitions of the word "liberty" and comments on the rumors of the massacre of surrendered black Union troops at Fort Pillow. He takes responsibility for the decision to admit blacks to the army and acknowledges that having employed them the government must give them equal protection. He promises that the facts of the matter will be found, and if the news is true, there will be retribution.	Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Atrocities. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. African Americans -- Tennessee. Liberty.

53.	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.

54.	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.	Excerpt from the House Divided speech : AMsS, 1860, Springfield, Ill.	A passage from the speech first delivered when Lincoln accepted the Illinois Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, 16 June 1858, stating his belief that the nation could not remain half slave and half free and that neither side could prevail until a crisis had been reached.	United States -- History -- 1815-1861. Slavery -- United States. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery.

55.	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.

56.	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.

57.	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.

58.	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.

59.	Martin, Mary, fl. 1865.	LS : to Abraham Lincoln, 1865 Mar. 15.	Asks Lincoln to act on a petition for the release her son William Martin, a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio. Mounted on the bottom of the page are a clipped ANS by John Hay, 12 April, requesting that the petition be sent to Lincoln, and a clipped ANS by Lincoln, 13 April, directing that the prisoner be released on taking the loyalty oath of 8 December 1863.	Martin, William -- Imprisonment. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons. Amnesty -- United States.

60.	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.