Abraham Lincoln collection, 1860s

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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)