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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. Notes on recruiting Negroes : AMs, Washington, D.C., [1862 July 22?]. Notes on Lincoln's willingness to recruit Afro-Americans for the armed forces, depending on the person's slave or free status and the loyalty and consent of slaves' owners. Basler surmises that the notes were prepared for the cabinet meeting of 22 July 1862, a week after Lincoln signed legislation allowing such recruitment, at which he presented the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. United States -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. 62. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Papers relating to Mary A. Stevens, 1864. Letter of introduction and safe-conduct pass for Mary A. Stevens, who wished to go through Union lines to Houston to dispose of property there. The first item is a secretarial letter to Lincoln from Andrew Johnson, then military governor of Tennessee and Lincoln's running mate, dated 31 October, introducing Mrs. Stevens and requesting that she be given a pass. The original envelope is present. The pass itself is an ADS by Lincoln on a small card, dated 14 November. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Stevens, Mary A. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. 63. Hudgins, Prince L. Papers relating to presidential pardon, 1865. ALS by Hudgins to Rep. Austin A. King, 29 January, explaining his case and asking for help in securing a pardon. The letter bears autograph endorsements signed by King [s.d.], recommending a pardon; and by Abraham Lincoln, 28 February, directing that a pardon be made out. Also present are King's autograph receipt for the pardon, 3 March, and the envelope from the attorney general's office that contained the documents. Hudgins, Prince L. -- Pardon. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. King, Austin Augustus, 1802-1870. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Pardon -- United States. 64. Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886, recipient. Petition and endorsement : Washington, D.C., 1863 Sept. 10. An unsigned petition, asking Seymour to commission Sgt. Edward A. Platt. An autograph endorsement of the same date on the verso by Abraham Lincoln explains that Platt's friends had apparently wanted him to sign the petition, and although he cannot make such a request to a governor, he believes Platt is worthy. Platt, Edward A. New York (State) -- Armed Forces -- Promotions. 65. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Plan of a military campaign : AMs, [ca. 1861 Oct. 1], Washington, D.C. Plans for an attack on the Confederate force defending the railroad connecting Virginia and Tennessee where it passed through Cumberland Gap. Lincoln begins by summarizing Union and Confederate positions in Kentucky and its approaches, then gives directions for troops to gather at Louisville and Cincinnati, meet at Lexington, and pick up another force on the way to the gap. This attack, which was never carried out, was to coincide with movements to seize positions on the South Carolina coast. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. Cumberland Gap Region (Tenn.) -- History, Military. Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 1823-1914. Crittenden, George Bibb, 1812-1880. Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890. McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885. Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891. Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870. Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862. 66. Craig, Archibald, defendant. Plea : Coles County, Ill., 1842 Oct. [25]. Craig pleads not guilty in the suit filed against him by Benjamin Turney. Signed by his attorneys, Linder and Walker; with a statement of the plaintiff's concurrence in the hand of his attorney Abraham Lincoln signed by him "Ficklin & Lincoln". Endorsed on the verso "Filed October 25th 1842". Turney, Benjamin -- Trials, litigation, etc. Craig, Archibald -- Trials, litigation, etc. 67. Lewis, Thomas, store owner, defendant. Plea : Springfield, Ill., 1855 June 16. Lewis's lawyers, McWilliams, William Henry Herndon, and Abraham Lincoln, plead actio non to Henry Hageman's suit against their client. Entirely in Lincoln's hand and signed by him "McWilliams, Lincoln & Herndon". Lewis, Thomas, store owner -- Trials, litigation, etc. Hageman, Henry -- Trials, litigation, etc. 68. 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. 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, Abraham, 1809-1865. Speech against slavery : AMs fragment, [1859]. Concerns the advantages of free labor over slavery. Believed Believed to be from a speech delivered at Cincinnati 17 Sept. 1859. A manuscript of the speech, lacking this passage, is in the Robert Todd Lincoln Papers in the Library of Congress. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Views on slavery. Slave labor -- United States. 71. United States Sanitary Commission. Subscription book for facsimiles of the Emancipation Proclamation, [1863 Oct.], Washington, D.C. In October 1863, Abraham Lincoln sent his original manuscript of the Emancipation Proclamation to be sold for the benefit of the Northwestern Fair of the United States Sanitary Commission, forerunner of the Red Cross. It was purchased by Thomas B. Bryan, President of the Soldiers' Home of Chicago, who decided to sell lithographic copies of the proclamation to benefit sick and disabled Union servicemen. This subscription book for facsimiles of the Emancipation Proclamation contains the signatures of Lincoln, Vice President Hannibal Hamlin, all cabinet members, and members of Congress from every state in the Union, including the future president James A. Garfield, all personally solicited by Bryan. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 72. United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) Warrant, 1861 Oct. 4, Washington, D.C. Authorizes the secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to a treaty or agreement between the United States and the Delaware Indians. Printed form filled in by hand and signed by Lincoln. Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. United States. Dept. of State Delaware Indians -- Treaties, 1861. Indians of North America -- Middle Atlantic States.
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