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Six months after Lincoln's assassination, Mary Lincoln writes to Sally Orme in which she refers to the possibility that Congress will pass an appropriation for her. Mary writes desolately: "I am so anxious once more, to be quiet, in a home of my own,…

William H. Herndon corresponds with Messrs. Johnson & Hall sending regards to grandmother Lincoln and asking about Lincoln's copybook and a statement in it. Herndon became the first Lincoln collector, obtaining Lincoln's signature from his…

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…

J.H. Beveridge, Treasurer of the National Lincoln Monument Association, makes out receipt #2084 to Marine Bank for the $244 taken from the L.M. fund Box located in the bank. National Lincoln Monument Association Secretary Clinton L. Conkling…

Less than 3 weeks after he shot Booth in the Garrett barn, Thomas P. (Boston) Corbett writes to his brother Eddy describing his military service, his capture, imprisonment at Andersonville and complains that "I did not get my discharge from the…

Sue composes a lengthy letter to a friend lamenting Lincoln's death and calling him "Liberty's staunchest defender and nature's noblest creation." She describes the mourning she sees around her and voices regret that Booth was not taken alive.

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…

"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…

Commissioner of Public Buildings B.B. French wrote an account of Abraham Lincoln's death soon after the event. His account later appears in The Republican as "A narrative of the president's murder." On page 249 of his scrapbook French pastes a…

R.W. Bailey on behalf of the New York City Clerk, completes this partially-printed document and City Inspector F.J.A. Boole signs the authorization allowing Peter Relyea, the official undertaker for the City of New York, permission to remove the body…

E.D. Townsend completed this partially-printed railroad pass inviting Thomas H. Pendel, an employee at the White House, to accompany Lincoln's remains from Washington to Springfield. The pass is printed on a black bordered card.

E.D. Townsend completed this partially-printed railroad pass inviting Dr. Charles Brown and his assistant to accompany Lincoln's remains from Washington to Springfield. The pass is printed on a black bordered card.

E. D. Townsend writes to Dr. Charles Brown informing the embalmer that the Secretary of War wishes him to accompany the remains of the late President to Springfield for interment. A printed time table for the special train conveying Lincoln's remains…

Mose Sandford writes a remarkable letter to "Friend Johnny" describing the circumstances under which Lincoln's body was transported to the White House from 10th St. and describing the return of Lincoln's clothing and other possessions to Sandford at…

As President Andrew Johnson's secretary, Reuben D. Massey writes B.B. French the following: "The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th inst. And to say that he thanks you for your kind expressions of confidence…

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…

Albert J. Daggett writes a letter to Miss Julie Tremen of New York in which Daggett describes the events in Washington on April 11 and the assassination of Lincoln. Daggett was in the audience at Ford's Theatre on that fateful evening. This is one…

The narrow partially-printed ticket assigned to Mr. J. Craft is for two seats in the dress circle, first row.

George Constantine presents Abraham Lincoln with a Greek translation of The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President by William Makepeace Thayer. This letter is glued to the inside front cover of the book. The book also contains a letter from Thayer…

F.W. Seward signs a letter to B.B. French requesting copies of the programme of arrangements for the Presidential Inauguration to send to the Foreign Ministers. There is a stationer's mark in upper left corner.

Mary Lincoln thanks Mrs. Caroline Wright, wife of the former governor of Indiana, for a "beautiful wreath of hair" and adds that "we have had a very busy winter" while the White House is under repair. Mary Lincoln uses stationary with black borders.

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…

A diary written in 1865-1870 contains remarks on the Lincoln funeral and other news events. The diary is bound with leather covered board.

An abstract of votes for electors of president and vice president of the United States is signed by Gov. Richard Yates, Secretary of State O.M. Hatch, and Auditor Jesse Dubois of Illinois.

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.