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Abraham Lincoln collection, 1860s

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Call No.: MS#2028
Bib ID 15146962 View CLIO record
Creator(s)
Title Abraham Lincoln collection, 1860s
Physical Description 2 Linear Feet (2 document boxes & 1 mapcase drawer)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Arrangement

Arrangement

In four series

Description

Scope and Contents

This is an artificial collection comprising letters, document, portraits, and object for various RBML manuscript collections. The source of each item is noted after its description.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Conditions Governing Use

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abraham Lincoln Collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

Morton Pepper Collection of Abraham Lincoln Portraits and Memorabilia Columbia University Libraries.

I. Cyrus Gordon Collection of Abraham Lincoln Materials Columbia University Libraries.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Materials in this collection were assembled from other collections at RBML. Note has been added in most of the original collections to guide researchers to this collection.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

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Series I: Correspondence


Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To William D. Kelley, Springfield, 15 August 1860, 1 a.l.s.

(With a letter from J. B. Kelly to Nicholas Kelley, dated 12 August 1935, relating to the Lincoln letter)

(From Ms Coll Kelley)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To R. L. C. White, Springfield, Ill, 18 September 1860, 1 item; ms.l.s, 1 page

(From Ms Coll G. Dunlop)

(Gift of Nora E. Scott, 1972)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To Park Benjamin, Springfield, Ill, 19 November 1860, 1 a.l.s.

(From Ms Coll P. Benjamin)

(Bequest of Dallas Pratt, 1994)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To Charles King, Washington, D.C., 26 June 1861, 1 item; ms.l.s.; text in the hand of John Hay

(Letter accepting an honorary degree from Columbia College)

(From Ms Coll Columbia College)

(Gift of Janet Haldane, 1983)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To John Hughes, Washington, D.C., 21 October 1861, 1 a.l.s.; 2 pages

(From Ms Coll Browne, H.)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To "Sir", Washington, D.C., 21 October 1861, 1 page; ms.l.s.; form letter

(In folder with Lincoln To John Hughes)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To August Belmont, Washington, D.C., 31 July 1862, 4 page; ms.l.s.

(With an addition to the test and closing also in his hand)

(From Ms Coll Belmont Family)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To Henry Wagner Halleck, Washington, D.C., 1 January 1863, 1 page; ms.l.

(Copy in the hand of John George Nicolay)

(Wants General Halleck's opinion of General Burnside's tactical plan)

(From Ms Coll Schaefler)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To Edwin M. Stanton, n.p., 31 August 1863, 1 a.n.s.

(From Ms Coll G. Dunlop)

(Gift of Nora E. Scott, 1972)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 16 December 1863, 1 a.l.s.

(With note added by E. M. Stanton)

(From Ms Coll J. W. Hill)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham To [?], n.p., 15 August 1864, 1 a.l.s.

(From Ms Coll Hill)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham, Washington, D.C., 29 December 1864, 1 a.n.s.

(Endorsement clipped from a letter)

(From Ms Coll Gumby)

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham. Franked envelope To U. W. Kelley and R. Thayer, n.d.

(From Ms Coll Kelley)

Series II: Documents

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham. Sangamon Co., Ill, 3 May 1839, 1 pages; ms.d.s.

(A writ of capias by Stuart & Lincoln; in the hand of John Todd Stuart?)

(From Ms Coll Cane, Melville)

(Gift of Melville Cane, 1969)


Box 2 Lincoln, Abraham, Washington, D.C., 22 December 1863, 1 ms.d.; 2 pages

(Bequest of Helen C. Bangs, 9 April 1963)

Box 2 "An Autograph Page from the Sum-Book of Abraham Lincoln", 1824, 1 volume; Page of foolscap paper in learning arithmetic

(This sheet beard his autograph, written at the age of fourteen)

(Gift of George Arthur Plimpton)


Mapcase 15-B-2 Document, on parchment, appointing Charles J. Kipp as Surgeon of Volunteers, 5 April 1864

(Gift of Peter Lindseth, 7/19/2002)

Series III: Portraits


Box 1 Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln. Carte de visite vignette portraits of the president and first lady, in a decorative mat, and in an ornate brass frame, circa 1865

(A rare joint photographic portrait)

(Gift of Chris Coover, 2016)


Mapcase 15-B-2 Portrait of Lincoln (oval)

(Gift of Peter Lindseth, 7/19/2002)

Series IV: Objects


Box 1 Loupe magnifier (1 1/2) "Marque MD Deposée"

Box 1 Trinket box containing Hair Ornament worn by Mary Todd Lincoln

Box 1 Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, Washington, D.C., 15 April 1865, 1 item; Locket

(Hair clipped by Schuyler Colfax for Mary Todd Lincoln)

(Includes letters documenting authenticity)

(From Ms Coll Hill)

(Gift of John Warren Hill, 1968)