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Gideon Welles writes to his wife regarding messages from a U.S. naval vessel and its arrival in New York and Newport.

Hannibal Hamlin informs B.B. French in a private letter that he has received and signed paperwork authorizing the increase of the police force. The letter is marked "Private."

Helen Lamar Foos invites Edwin Booth Grossman to a dance after her "coming out" reception and wants him to be sure to attend.

Henry Lawrence Burnett corresponds to another Special Judge Advocate regarding the Surratt conviction.

Indenture of Abraham Lincoln to William Crow and others for three pounds. Lincoln signs as a witness. The document places Colonel Lincoln's death date past 1784.

As Sangamon County States Attorney, Stephen A. Douglass files the grand jury indictment in People vs. Jonas Houston, Charles Smith, and George Corc for larceny.

States Attorney Stephen A. Douglass writes and files this grand jury indictment in People vs. Benjamin Turpin for perjury in Greene County Circuit Court.

Edwin Booth inscribes and signs a photograph of the painting of him by John Singer Sargent. The inscription reads: "To Peter Gilsey with kind regards of Edwin Booth. 1891".

The inscription and signature of James Speed is probably cut from a larger document.

A penned inscription on a separate proof sheet of the dedication page of vol. 2 of Neumann's Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika (Berlin: Carl Heymann's Verlag, 1866; Paris, London, New-York also) reads: "To Mrs. Lincoln. Hommage from the…

Mary Lincoln completes a partially-printed invitation and addresses its envelope to Vice President Hannibal Hamlin inviting him to a dinner for Zachariah Chandler on Monday, February 13, 1865. Hamlin is a lame-duck vice-president at this date and not…

The members of the committee issue an invitation to Harvard College's Class Day to be held in Stoughton Hall immediately following the exercises in the church. Robert Todd Lincoln is listed as a member of the committee for this event.

Edwina Booth Grossman compiles the itineraries of three Europeam trips. She took her first trip between June 1880 and June 1881. Her second trip took place between June 1882 and June 1883. Edwina's third trip was her wedding trip taken from May…

J. Thoman writes to his sister, Henrietta Thoman of Crestline, Ohio, regarding Lincoln's assassination. He recounts that when a soldier told a citizen that Lincoln was dead, the citizen said "Good." He describes other aspects of Washington in…

Former special Judge Advocate J.A. Bingham in the trial of the conspirators discusses Mary Surratt's trial in his letter to Joseph Holt.

Colonel J.B. Turchin seeks the advice of General W.T. Sherman regarding a negro charged with murder who the local citizens of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, wish to remove from jail and, presumably, lynch.

Three election judges certify the November 2, 1840, election results from Jacksonville in which Lincoln received 155 votes for presidential elector.

Chicago actor and manager James Hubert McVicker writes a note to G.A. Pierce stating that he will be starting a new work tomorrow and will likely be gone a couple of weeks. Upon his return, McVicker invites Pierce to see him to discuss his play. A…

James Hubert McVicker of the McVicker Theatre in Chicago writes to Mr. Pierce regarding theatrical business.

James Peacock provides an account of his Civl War service to J.E. Boos. Peacock also relates a lengthy anecdote describing Booth's expression of anti-Union sentiments at a New Orleans dinner party and the argument that ensued as a result. Peacock…

Senator Stephen A. Douglas endorses a letter, written and signed by Senator James Shields, to U.S. Secretary of State William L. Marcy recommending John R. Bennett to a consular appointment.

James Shrigley wishes to be renominated as hospital chaplain and asks Preston King to put in a good word for him with President Lincoln. King writes an endoresement to Shrigley's letter stating that the Rev. Thomas A. Sawyer supports the applicant's…

"Your friend James" writes to "Friend Charles" rejoicing in recent Union military successes and expressing sadness over the death of Lincoln, "thus causing profound sorrow." He notes that the church and most of the houses in his town are draped in…

Janet Edmondson Walker tells Edwina Booth that she is an old friend of Mr. Grossman, and she has just heard that Edwina is to marry him. The date assigned to this letter is based on the1885 marriage date for the Grossmans.

Jesse W. Weik writes to John E. Boos regarding various Lincoln papers and identifying certain individuals. The accompanying envelope has the Greencasle Telephone Co. return address with Weik's name handwritten above it.