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Papers of Abraham Lincoln,

Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War. Includes two drafts of the Gettysburg address, material preserved by John G. Nicolay in his capacities as Lincoln's secretary and editor of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905), a...

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Main Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:American Civil War, letters and diaries.
Subjects:
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, > 1816-1894 > Correspondence.
Bates, Edward, > 1793-1869 > Correspondence.
Blair, Montgomery, > 1813-1883 > Correspondence.
Brewster, Benjamin Harris, > 1816-1888 > Correspondence.
Chase, Salmon P. > (Salmon Portland), > 1808-1873 > Correspondence.
Colfax, Schuyler, > 1823-1885 > Correspondence.
Davis, David, > 1815-1886 > Correspondence.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Correspondence.
Hay, John, > 1838-1905 > Correspondence.
Johnson, Andrew, > 1808-1875 > Correspondence.
Johnson, Reverdy, > 1796-1876 > Correspondence.
Lincoln, Mary Todd, > 1818-1882 > Correspondence.
McClellan, George B. > (George Brinton), > 1826-1885 > Correspondence.
Meade, George Gordon, > 1815-1872 > Correspondence.
Morgan, Edwin D. > (Edwin Denison), > 1811-1883 > Correspondence.
Nicolay, John G. > (John George), > 1832-1901.
Nicolay, John G. > (John George), > 1832-1901 > Correspondence.
Rosecrans, William S. > (William Starke), > 1819-1898 > Correspondence.
Seward, William H. > (William Henry), > 1801-1872 > Correspondence.
Seymour, Horatio, > 1810-1886 > Correspondence.
Smith, Caleb B. > (Caleb Blood), > 1808-1864 > Correspondence.
Speed, James, > 1812-1887 > Correspondence.
Stanton, Edwin M. > (Edwin McMasters), > 1814-1869 > Correspondence.
Sumner, Charles, > 1811-1874. > Correspondence.
Trumbull, Lyman, > 1813-1896 > Correspondence.
Victoria, > Queen of Great Britain, > 1819-1901 > Correspondence.
Wallace, Lew, > 1827-1905 > Correspondence.
Washburne, E. B. > (Elihu Benjamin), > 1816-1887 > Correspondence.
Welles, Gideon, > 1802-1878 > Correspondence.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Summary:Correspondence and other papers relating primarily to Abraham Lincoln's presidency and the Civil War. Includes two drafts of the Gettysburg address, material preserved by John G. Nicolay in his capacities as Lincoln's secretary and editor of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln (1905), a letter of condolence from Queen Victoria to Mary Todd Lincoln, and a small amount of material about Lincoln dated after 1865. Correspondents include Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Edward Bates, Montgomery Blair, Benjamin Harris Brewster, Salmon P. Chase, Schuyler Colfax, David Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, John Hay, Andrew Johnson, Reverdy Johnson, George Brinton McClellan, George Gordon Meade, Edwin D. Morgan, John G. Nicolay, William S. Rosecrans, William Henry Seward, Horatio Seymour, Caleb B. Smith, James Speed, Edwin McMasters Stanton, Charles Sumner, Lyman Trumbull, Lew Wallace, E. B. Washburne, and Gideon Welles.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:40,550 items.
221 containers plus 5 oversize.
98 microfilm reels.
48 linear ft.