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Job Fletcher informs General James Adams that Mrs. Anderson will apply for letters of administration on her deceased husband's estate. Fletcher is to be one of her securities. As judge of probate, General Adams signs and files the correspondence for…

James Bachelder signs a letter written on Office of the Commissioner of Public Buildings stationery to B.B. French requesting French to call for a sitting as early as convenient. Bachelder has placed his painting "The last hours of Lincoln" in room…

John Dawson forwards a copy of the law creating an additional Justice of the Peace district for Athens, Illinois, to James D. Allen, Athens postmaster and member of the Long Nine.

John G. Nicolay requests that B.B. French stop by the White House because there are several small repairs needed that requires a workman. Nicolay uses Executive Mansion stationery.

Lincoln's private secretary John Hay reports to Commissioner of Public Buildings B.B. French that: "There are no papers now on file here. Those relating to public matters have been sent to their several departments and private papers are in the…

John Hay accepts Mary Harlan Lincoln's invitation for Thursday, June 8th. In jest he adds: "Please say to His Excellency, that I rather regret I have no engagement for that day; it would have been such a pleasure to throw it over."

John Henderson informs E.A. Burke that "for some weeks sickness in the President's family" and the death of Willie Lincoln has made it impossible to discuss an appointment with Lincoln. Following the letter is a signed, handwritten note by Burke.

John Linden Roll forwards various Lincoln materials to John E. Boos for his Lincoln collection. Roll's large collection of Lincoln materials is becoming "...quite a burden in caring for it and entertaining the many callers and correspondents." As a…

John G. Nicolay writes to Dewitt Miller of the Union League Club of Philadelphia regarding the 1860 campaign pamplhet, "Life of Abraham Lincoln," by Scripps for the Chicago Press and Tribune Company. Nicolay encloses his calling card.

John T. Ford writes to John Wright regarding a position in his Baltimore theater.

John T. Ford forwards an article referring to one of the Booths to "My dear Cox" and urges him to write.

Stuart asks Metheny if he agrees with Captain Musicks request to lower the amount of security he has pledged for the payment of a debt.

John Todd Stuart writes to Mr. McGalliard on Stuart, Edwards, and Brown Law Firm stationary regarding a legal case.

In his first letter to Isabel Sumner, John Wilkes Booth writes: "Dear Miss Isabel, How shall I write you; as lover, friend, or brother." He urges her to write him at once and signs it simply "John." Booth writes from 28 E. 19th St., New York City.

John Wilkes Booth's second letter to Isabel Sumner reads: "Dearest Isabel Have you forgotten me so soon, I hope not. I have been here over a week now, and may be here a week longer I then go to New York again. This is a great country,…

John Wilkes Booth's third letter to Isabel Sumner reads: "Dearest Friend I have just returned from the mountains of Penna, God bless you, I was sure you had forgotten me. I love you, and I feel that in the fountains of my heart, a seal is set …

John Wilkes Booth's fourth letter Isabel Sumner reads: "My dear Friend, Have I in any way offended you, if so it has been unwittingly I will come at once to Boston . I am your friend Forever John".

In John Wilkes Booth's letter to Isabel Sumner, he writes: "Dearest Isabel I am so sorry I have just recd your note and not two hours ago had a gash cut in my arm about two inches long Bless you John".

In his fifth or sixth letter to Isabel Sumner, John Wilkes Booth writes: "Aug 26th Dearest Friend Isabel I recd your sweet flowers yesterday And you know how delighted I must have been the doctor came at last; but did not cut my arm. He has put…

This fragment of a larger sheet, probably the second of a three-page letter, is written by John Wilkes Booth to an unknown person thought by some to be Field, of the Boston Theatre. This portion is the unsigned page plus the P.S. on the reverse side…

John Wilkes Booth writes a flirtatious note to a young woman, enclosing his picture and noting that he is leaving for Boston soon.

Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt writes to Special Judge Advocate J.A. Bingham in reference to testimony in the trial of Mary Surratt and to Stanton's request to suppress certain evidence.

Joseph Holt corresponds with J.A. Bingham regarding the trial of the conspirators and petition for clemency for Mrs. Surratt.

Joseph Jefferson pens a brief note from The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, to Edwina Booth Grossman telling her that he visited with her son and remarking what a wonderful son she had.

Joseph Proctor writes to his brother John, about the state of Americans in England on the eve of the Civil War. Proctor is pro-Union. He informs his brother that the English government proposes a "strict new treaty" and will likely find "some…