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1.	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.

2.	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.

3.	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.

4.	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.

5.	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.

6.	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.

7.	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.

8.	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.

9.	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.

10.	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.

11.	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.

12.	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.

13.	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.

14.	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.

15.	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.

16.	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.

17.	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.

18.	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.

19.	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.

20.	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.