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Thirteen letters from Washington to Gouverneur Morris, one to Alexander Hamilton, one to Nicholas Pike, etc.; two discharge papers signed, etc. There are also letters written to John Jay.

Contemporary engravings, lithographs, carte-de-visite photographs, and memorabilia; 20th century drawings and reproductions of portraits of Lincoln, his family, and his contemporaries. Among the portraits of Lincoln are a charcoal sketch by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, lithographs by Currier and Ives, photographs by Mathew Brady and his studio. Memorabilia in the collection include bookends and sculptures, a dinner plate, a carved plaque, a reproduction of a death mask, a mourning ribbon, silk commemorative badges, and a hair ornament worn by Mrs Lincoln, in a leather-covered trinket box with the President's initials on it.

The collection consists of typescript copies of executive orders and other papers of the Presidents of the United States, 1862-1938.