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Mary Lincoln writes a lengthy and strongly worded response to Alexander Williamson regarding sensational stories by her enemies that she is not at all in financial difficulties. She asks Williamson to approach Col. Frank Howe, a NY politician, in…

Mary Lincoln urges Alexander Williamson to ascertain whether Howe intends to help her. "This state of suspense is very painful to be endured" Mary uses mourning stationery with black borders and an "L" monogram on page1.

Mary Lincoln asks Leonard Swett to call on her, as "I have some things to say I do not wish to be troublesome yet I am daily convinced that I must make some definite arrangements for the future." Mary uses mourning stationery with black borders.

While in Frankfurt, Germany, Mary Lincoln writes to her dear friend, Eliza Slataper, that: "all the nobility stop here, counts, dukes and dutchesses abound in the house, and on my table, their cards are frequently laid. Yet in consideration of poor…

After the letter of December 5, 1869, Mary Lincoln again writes to Sally Orne, expressing her concerns over Congress' actions on behalf of her pension and devoting much of the letter to praising Charles Sumner. The first four pages of the unsigned…

Mary Lincoln pens a warm letter to an old friend, Rhoda White, describing her continuing sorrow and isolation, noting that she will return to Frankfurt in a few days. She adds that "I often wonder, why, I was spared, when my darling husband was…

Mary Lincoln finds herself in the same European city as Sally Orne and hastens to arrange a rendezvous.

Mary Lincoln writes to Eliza Slataper about her travels in Europe, especially England and Scotland, and continues with an account of her chance meeting with Sally Orne.

While in Frankfurt, Germany, and still waiting for Congress to deal with her presidential pension, Mary Lincoln writes to her friend, Sally Orme: "What changes -- time, brings to us all -- I sometimes feel as if I have lived a century. 'My life, is…

Desperate to resolve her pecuniary situation, Mary Lincoln appeals to wealthy Republican benefactor James Orme: "Dear Mr. Orne, will you, in your great goodness, ascertain as you have the means of doing, whether the services of my great & good…

With her finances apparently in freefall, Mary Lincoln writes a second letter to James Orme renewing her appeal to him in response to word that Congress has turned its back on her situation. She mentions the Senate committee report tabling her bill…

Mary Lincoln writes to Rhoda White complaining of her poor health and "my aching, broken, desolated life," and her plans to visit Florida, perhaps with her son Robert. She refers to the death of Tad: "without my blessed, darling son, who was such a…

In a letter written for Mary Lincoln in an unknown hand on War Department stationary, Mary Lincoln asks if Mr. H. Crosby has heard from Mr. Allen and notes that her rent would soon be due. Mary Lincoln asks Mr. Crosby to reply to her at 607 13th…

Mary Lincoln writes a penciled note on Miller's Hotel stationary introducing Reverend Minor, "our clergyman for 15 years and a friend very much beloved by my husband, Abraham Lincoln " Mary died the following July 16th.

Mary Lincoln invites B.B. French to a Thursday evening dinner at the White House that includes General Anderson, Mr. Holt, C.R. Smith, Henry Clay's son, Gov. Sprague, Mr. Shaw of Kentucky, Mr. Speed of Kentucky, B.B. French, Mary Lincoln, and the…

Mordecai Lincoln affixes his signature to this surety bond assuring that Lincoln will duly pay the constables under his jurisdiction.

James Bradford Lincoln's son, Robert, is the author of a sheet of doodles.

This manuscript reports the grades of each student enrolled at the Phillips Exeter Academy during the time Robert Todd Lincoln was a student there.

On Isham & Lincoln office stationery, Robert Todd Lincoln writes Jacob Bunn sending a check for $125 for Mary Lincoln's mortgage payment. Bunn took control of Mary Lincoln's money and served as her financial conservator.

Robert Todd Lincoln, Wayne MacKeagh, and William Windom sign an affidavit of James G. Blaine as trustees of the Richmond and Allegheny Railroad regarding company stock purchased by Blaine. The document is accompanied by an affidavit signed by James…

Robert Todd Lincoln asks Senator Horatio Wright, Chief of Engineers in the Army Corps of Engineers, to confer with A.P. Thornton of Ogdensburg, New York, regarding a harbor subject. Lincoln writes the note on a small oblong card with matching War…

Robert Todd Lincoln signs a letter written on War Department letterhead to Senator John Sherman accepting an invitation to meet General W.T. Sherman at dinner.

Robert Todd Lincoln signs a letter written on War Department stationary to Christopher Columbus Brown agreeing to meet with Brown, a Springfield lawyer and son-in-law of John Todd Stuart, in Springfield on some business matter.

Robert Todd Lincoln replies to an unidentified correspondent that he cannot furnish an autograph of his father.

Robert Todd Lincoln writes to Mr. Harrison on legation stationary declining to join a veterans' group for various reasons.