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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

 Person

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham Lincoln collection

 Collection — Folder: VFM 4278
Identifier: MSS 6814

Abraham Lincoln letter assigning quota of troops

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3763
Scope and Contents Letter, Sept. 5, 1863, from Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., assigning a draft quota to the 17th Dist. of Ohio.
Dates: 1863 Septebmer 5

Abraham Lincoln letter from Springfield

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6813
Scope and Contents This collection consists of a letter from Abraham Lincoln to W.A. Minshall and R.S. Blackwell concerning the appointment of the commissioner of the general land office. The Minshall family was from Marietta, Ohio.

Dates: 1849 June 3

Abraham Lincoln notes

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4569
Scope and Contents Notes, the first states he will appoint William C. Smith of Georgia to a chaplaincy if the Surgeon General will specify a vacancy (endorsed on letter of P.D. Gurley, Chaplain of Senate, to Lincoln.) The second (no date) asks for the Christian name of a Major Jones mentioned in certain letters.
Dates: 1862 November 19

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Folder: VFM 1165
Identifier: MSS 3936
Scope and Contents Reproductions of famous Lincolnia, 1858-1864, including the Gettysburg Address, the Bixby letter, a well known forgery, and others.
Dates: 1858-1864

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Folder: VFM 0964
Identifier: MSS 3760
Scope and Contents Copies of letters, Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 1854, from Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Ill., to T(homas) J(efferson) Henderson, (Toulon?), Ill., relative to the election of a U. S. Senator.
Dates: 1854 November 27-1854 December 15

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3762
Scope and Contents Bill for discovery from William C. Glasgow, Tazewell County, Illinois, to the judge of the circuit court in chancery, relative to the attempt of John Green to collect notes given to Amos Herold for the purchase of land in Harrison County, Ohio. Document written but not signed by Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was in Tazewell Co. early in 1854 according to Lincoln, 1854-1861, p. 18-19 by Paul Angle. Handwriting checked by expert.
Dates: 1854 May 3

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 4438
Scope and Contents Check drawn by the President-elect on the Springfield Marine and Fire Ins[urance] Co., to William Johnson, colored servant and barber, whom Lincoln took with him to Washington.
Dates: 1861 January 7

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Folder: VFM 1803
Identifier: MSS 4489
Scope and Contents Photocopy of letter from Springfield, Illinois, to Peter Zinn, in regard to speaking at Columbus and Cincinnati.
Dates: 1859 September 9

Abraham Lincoln papers

 Collection — Folder: VFM 2226
Identifier: MSS 4844
Scope and Contents Photocopied letter, re. Lincoln's reappointment as Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Dates: 1849 June 3