635. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Application made to President Lincoln by Major William Newby, 6th, N. Y. Vols. for reinstatement) after court martial. ENDORSED WITH FIVE LINES, SIGNATURE AND DATE, BY LINCOLN, expressing satisfaction at whatever Gov. Morgan may do in the case. One page 4to, Washington, June 6, 1862. Endorsed June 9, 1862.

636. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., 1 page, 4to, from James Harlan, Senator, afterward Secretary of Interior under Lincoln, asking the President to appoint Hawkins Taylor one of the Commissioners to examine and adjust claims for military service. ENDORSED WITH FIVE LINES, SIGNATURE AND DATE BY LINCOLN, approving the appointment. July 29, 1862.

637. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). L. S., 2 pages, 4to, Executive Mansion, Nov. 18, 1862, to Gen. Steele, Governor Phelps, and all having military and naval authority, under the United States, within the State of Arkansas. With address, date, six lines, and some corrections in the autograph of Lincoln.

* "Mr. William M. McPherson goes to Arkansas seeking to have such of the people thereof as desire to avoid the unsatisfactory prospect before them [emancipation], and to have peace again upon the old terms under the Constitution of the United States, to manifest such desire by elections of members to the Congress of the United States," etc.

638. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM).

A. N. S., 7 lines, on 8vo sheet. Executive Mansion, Wash., Feb. 13, 1863, in regard to the transfer of Gen. R. W. Johnson from Gen. Rosecrans command to that of Gen. Wright's. (Mounted).

639. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., 1 page, 4to, Washington, Feb. 16, 1863, to the Sec. of War and Sec. of the Navy. Asking them to appoint officers to test the incendiary shell and incendiary fluid invented by A. Berney, and to report whether they could be used in the Army or Navy. Inner margin cut off, shaving the first letter of each line.

640. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). L. S., from Governor Morgan of New York, 2 pp., 4to, N. Y. June 8, 1863, asking the President to remove the disability to hold a commission, imposed by court-martial on Capt. James B. Caryl, 26th N. Y. Vols. WITH A 12 LINE ENDORSEMENT, SIGNATURE AND DATE, BY LINCOLN, removing the disability. June 10, 1863.

641. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., 2 lines, Aug. 11, 1863, evidently attached formerly, to some document. "About Gen. Hooker. Sec. of War please forward for me."

642. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 8vo, Washington, Sept. 18, 1863, to the Secretary of War, asking for a copy of Gov. Johnson's paper on re-organization, which was on file at the War Department.

643. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., on small slip, n. p., Oct. 13, 1863. "Wants to be Chaplain of Invilid

Corps, in Washington."

644. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). L. S., 1 page 4to, Dec. 29, 1863, from Gen. Gilman Marston, sending Edwin C. Claybrook of the 9th Va. rebel Cavalry to the President in charge of Lieut. Haywood. LINCOLN HAS WRITTEN A NOTE ON THE BACK, sending Mr. Claybrook to the Attorney General, Edw. Bates, 5 lines, address, signature and date, Dec. 30, 1863. Mr. Bates, has, in turn written and signed a receipt for Claybrook.

645. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 8vo, Washington, Feb. 16, 1864, to 16, 1864, to Major-General Banks. (Mounted.)

* Mrs. J. Q. A. Fellows has come all the way here to make complaint about a certain dwelling house from which she has been ejected. I can do no more than ask you, which I cheerfully do, that you will have the case carefully investigated, and do justice in it."

646. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM).

D. S., one page, 4to,

March 3, 1864. Authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of Cincinnatus W. Newton.

647. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 4to, Springfield, Ill., March 13, 1864, to Hon. Michael Hahn. With 18 letters, copies, etc., relating to the above.

*.. I congratulate you having fixed your name in history as the first free-state Governor of Louisiana I barely suggest for your private consideration whether some of the colored people may not be left in" [allowed to vote], etc. This letter has been submitted to several authorities and all agree that it is a copy in Lincoln's autograph of the original letter to Gov. Hahn, and that, for some reason, he dated it Springfield instead of Executive Mansion," as in the original; on the back, however, is written copy, Amos T. Ackerman." This signature appears to be genuine. The material accompanying this letter comprises 6 letters from a dealer relating to its authenticity; 4 letters from Paul Lemperly, who formerly owned the letter; 3 L. S. from Ida M. Tarbell; 2 A. L. S. from Mrs. Russell Palmer, who owned the original letter; a facsimile copy of the original; and several copies of letters on the subject. 648. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 4to, Washington, June 6, 1864, to Major General Slocum.

* Thomas A. Marshall informs me that he has some difficulty in managing a plantation in your Department. It may be that you withhold nothing from him which can safely be granted; and I do not make any order in this case; but simply wish to say I personally know, so far as such things can be known, that Mr. Marshall is loyal, truthful and honorable; and that I shall be glad for him to be obliged in any not unreasonable way."

649. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S. written on the back of War Department Circular No. 61, Sept. 2, 1864, to General Grant.

"I am told

that the two first paragraphs of the within order work badly in the Army. Will Lieut. General Grant please give me his opinion on this question," The paragraphs mentioned announce that officers who receive new commissions are held for service for three years from the date of their last muster-in and not from the date of the original muster-in; and, no musters-in are recognized by the Department for an unexpired term of an organization.

650. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). D. S., one page, 4to, December 19, 1864, authorizing the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to his Proclamation of this date. Copy of the Proclamation, calling for 300,000 volunteers, laid in.

651. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Document signed, conferring on John M. Brannan the rank of Major General, by brevet. Dated March 22, 1865, and bears the signature of Edwin M. Stanton also. Folio, vellum, with fine engravings at top and bottom.

* Signed by President Lincoln a few days before his death. 652. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Subscription List for the Speech of John I. Slingerland on Internal Improvements. Signed by 15 Congressmen, including Abraham Lincoln, W. Hunt, E. B. Holmer, W. T. Lawrence, O. Kellogg, F. A. Talmadge, W. Henry, etc. 1 page, 4to.

653. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln in Vindication of the Policy of the Framers of the Constitution, etc. 8vo, wrappers.

N. Y. 1860

Α

654. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Republican Party Vindicated-The Demands of the South Explained. Speech. 8 pp. 8vo, half morocco.

n. p. [1860]

Inaugural Address of

655. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). the President of the United States, on The Fourth of March,

1861. 10 pp. 8vo, half morocco.

[Wash. 1861]

President Lincoln on

656. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Vallandigham and "Arbitrary Arrests." 4 pp. 8vo, half

morocco.

*Tribune War Tracts. No. 5.

[Wash. 1863]

657. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Mr. Lincoln's Arbitrary Arrests. The acts which the Baltimore Platform Approves. 8vo, paper (Document No. 13). [N. Y. 1864]

658. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Calls for Troops made by the President during the Years 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864. 30 pp. 8vo, new wrappers. [Wash. 1864]

Printed for the information of the Officers of the Bureau, and is confidential."

659. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Soldier's and Sailor's Sabbath. 4 pp. 8vo, half morocco (Doc. No. XXIII.)

[N. Y.] n. d. Corruptions and Frauds 8 pp. 8vo, paper (Document N. Y., n. d.

660. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). of Lincoln's Administration. No. 14).

661. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856, a souvenir of the eleventh annual dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York. Portrait. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth (margins stained).

* One of 500 copies printed.

N. Y. 1897

662. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). President Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg. Photographed from the Original Manuscript. 4to, cloth. n. p.,

* Six copies printed.

1905

Speeches of A. Frank,

663. LINCOLN AND HAMLIN. H. Hamlin, L. Trumbull and E. B. Washburne, at the Republican Ratification meeting. 8 pp. 8vo, half morocco. Wash. [1860]

664. LIQUOR AND LINCOLN. By a Physician. 4 pp. square 16mo, half cloth. n. p.―n. d.

* A Confederate tract deploring the increase of drinking in the Southern armies.

665. LIST OF FIELD OFFICERS, Regiments and Battalions in the Confederate States Army. 1861-65. Interleaved with ruled paper. 8vo, old half leather. n. p.―n. d.

666. [LOCKE (DAVID ROSE).] The Struggles (Social, Financial and Political) of Petroleum V. Nasby. Introduction by Charles Sumner. Illustrated by Thomas Nast. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth. Bost. 1872

667. LOCKE (DAVID ROSE). The Moral History of America's Life-Struggle. By Petroleum V. Nasby. Illustrated by Thomas Nast. 8vo, half morocco. Bost. [1874]

668. LOGAN (JOHN A., MAJ. GEN.). A. D. S., 1 page small 4to. Camp McClernand, Nov. 18, 1861. Certifying as to his authority for raising the number of companies of his regiment. (Mounted.)

669. LOGAN (JOHN A.). The Great Conspiracy: its Origin and History. Portraits and map. Thick 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1886

670. LONG (A. L.). Memoirs of Robert E. Lee, his Military and Personal History. Portraits and maps. Portraits and maps. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Lond. 1886

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671. LONGSTREET (JAMES Confederate Gen.). A. L. S., 1 page 4to. Hd. Qts. Nov. 28, 1863. To Gen. E.

McLaw.

* Gen. McLaw was in direct command of the picked men. the flower of Longstreet's army, who led the unsuccessful charge on Fort Stevens at Knoxville. This letter, written the day before the futile assault on Knoxville, briefly outlines the plan of battle: In Making our effort to-morrow I shall if successful try to push on and get the enemy's bridge and if possible get him out of his strong position on your side. I want you to be ready with everything that you have, to assist us in this as well as the diversion that you make at daylight. It would be well for you to begin your operations before ours, which will be at daylight, that the attention may be drawn to your side before it is here."

672. LONGSTREET (JAMES). From Manassas to Appomattox. Memoirs of the Civil War in America. Maps, portraits and illustrations. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Phila. 1896

673. LOSSING (BENSON J.). Pictorial History of the Civil War. Numerous illustrations. 3 vols. 8vo, half morocco, gilt tops.

A. L. S. from the author laid in.

674. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL).

Phila. 1866-8

The President's

Policy. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, half green morocco, original salmon pink wrappers bound in.

[Phila. 1864] on the

*Fine copy. With the misspelled word "crisises" first line, noted by Mr. Chamberlain. EXTREMELY RARE. 675. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). Ode recited at the Commemoration of the Living and Dead Soldiers of Harvard University, July 21, 1865. Square royal 8vo, original boards, paper label on front cover, gilt top.

"

Cambridge: Privately printed, 1865 *THE EXCESSIVELY RARE PRIVATELY PRINTED ISSUE FOR PRESENTATION TO THE POET'S FRIENDS, LOWELL'S GREAT LINCOLN ODE." ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED. THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM LOWELL, WITH HIS INSCRIPTION: "To Mr. Bigelow, with the author's regards, 3rd Sept., 1865.”

Under the Window 12mo, original cloth, Bost. 1869

676. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). and other Poems. FIRST EDITION. gilt top. 677. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). My Study Windows. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original cloth.

Bost. 1871

678. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). Political Essays. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth, uncut, paper label. Bost. 1888

679. LOWELL (JAMES RUSSELL). In Memoriam, Companion James Russell Lowell. Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Massachusetts. 4to, sewed. Bost. 1892