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LINCOLN LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, ETC.-Cont'd.

568. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 12mo, Executive Mansion, May 16, 1862, to Hon. V. B. Horton. With copy of Horton's letter to Lincoln and of Lincoln's endorsement.. (2)

"Herewith is a copy of your letter, with a copy of my endorsement upon it. You perceive I did exactly what you requested....

569. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., one page, 12mo, Washington, January 8, 1863, to Hon. Caleb B. Smith, inquiring what promises he had made to "Watt" about going to Europe. * Mr. Smith had resigned in December, 1862, as Secretary of the Interior.

570. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Autograph receipt for a box. Feb. 2, 1863. On card.

571. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., to Mr. Watson, Asst. Sec. of War, May 9, 1863, asking him to see the bearer. On card.

572. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., on card, Aug. 10, 1864, to the Secretary of Navy, asking him to see Mrs. Dr. Bacon. Endorsement of two lines by Gideon Welles, in pencil, very faint.

573. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. L. S., from James Speed, 1 page, 4to, Oct. 22, 1864, asking the President to release Mr. Granville Garnett who had become surety for a friend on a bond to keep the peace. With a 6 line endorsement, signature, and date by Lincoln, releasing Mr. Garnett, Nov. 4, 1864; and a note by James Speed, witnessed and sealed by a Notary, certifying to the genuineness of the endorsement. Slightly torn at folds.

574. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., on card, Nov. 20, 1864, asking Mr. Dana, Asst. Secretary of War, to see Mr. Stokes.

575. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Pass, on card, Dec. 9, 1864. Allowing a soldier's wife to go from Washington to New York.

576. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A. N. S., 6 lines, on small slip. Dec. 13, 1864. "I shall be glad if Capt. Goodenow can and will find a suitable position for this fine little boy." the other side is pasted the autograph of Chas. A. Harris.

577. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Franked Wrapper. 12mo, addressed and signed by Lincoln, to Mr. And. W. Leggat, N. Y. Signed "Free

A. Lincoln, M. C."

LINCOLN LETTERS, DOCUMENTS, ETC.-Cont'd.

578. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Envelope addressed by Lincoln to H. C. Whitney, "Present."

579. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Three lines in the autograph of Lincoln. With the signature of Thomas Lincoln ["Tad"]. Both authenticated by James W. Somers. small slip.

On

580. LINCOLN (PRESIDENT AND MRS.). Card inviting the Secretary of Interior to dinner, August 3, 1861.

581. LINCOLN (MARY TODD). A. L. S., 1 page, 12mo, Executive Mansion, n. d., to Hon. Caleb B. Smith, asking him to help Mr. Watts. Endorsed Oct. 26, 1861.

582. LINCOLN (MARY TODD). A. L. S., 3 pp. 12mo, Executive Mansion, Sept. 8, to Hon. C. B. Smith, criticising Mr. Wood for his attacks on Mr. Watts. Probably written in 1861.

583. LINCOLN (MARY TODD). A. L. S., 1 page 4to, Chicago, April 6, n. d., to O. S. Halsted, reproving him for not sending a Nevada Claim. On mourning paper.

584. LINCOLN (MARY TODD). A. L. S., 3 pp., 8vo, Chicago, Nov. 11, 1865, to Messrs. H. Leeds & Miner.

* Interesting letter relating to the sale of her carriage, and sharply criticising Mr. Williamson, tutor to her children at the White House, for the proposed sale of a shawl and dressing gown which she had presented to him as relics of the President. In a postscript she writes: "I am feeling very anxious, after again looking over your letter, about Mr. Williamson's proposed sale of these little relics. It sounds very badly to me, who in my deep affliction, am naturally very sensitive. If possible it must be prevented. M. L."

585. LINCOLN (ROBERT T.). A. L. S., 4 pp. 12mo, War Department, Washington, April 5, 1882, to Noah Brooks, sending two pictures of "Tad", and relating the story of Tad's trip to Germany, his illness and death.

586. LINCOLN (ROBERT T.). A. L. S., 2 pp. 12mo, Chicago, Mar. 16, 1894, about two photographs of his father.

587. LINCOLN. A Collection of more than 200 photographs, comprising about 140 portraits of Abraham Lincoln, taken in part from negatives owned by F. H. Meserve, portraits of Lincoln's cabinet, family, and friends; photographs of monuments, of Booth and his Accomplices, etc. Preserved in 3 albums, small folio, cloth.

*66

This is a remarkable collection of portraits, many of them taken from the original negatives, and others enlarged from old ambrotypes and genuine portraits of other descriptions.

588. LINCOLN AND HERNDON'S FEE BOOK for 1847, showing 127 entries in the autograph of William H. Herndon. Also in the back of the book are over 50 entries, headed "These cases attended to since Lincoln went to Congress." 4to, old half sheep.

*The fees entered range from $3.00 to $100, there being only one of $100, while most of them are for $5.00 and $10.00.

589. LINCOLN. The Address of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln, . . . delivered at the Cooper Institute, Feb. 27, 1860. 8vo, original wrappers. (Fish No. 528.)

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N. Y.: Geo. F. Nesbit & Co., 1860

Another copy, the same.

591. LINCOLN

(ABRAHAM). Speech delivered at

Cooper Institute, Monday, Feb. 27, 1860. Tribune Tracts.—

No. 4. 16 pp. 8vo, stitched. (Fish No. 529.)

592. LINCOLN'S Anecdotes and Stories.

N. Y., n. d.

Bost., n. d.

Phila. 1909

THE WANAMAKER PRIMER on Lincoln.
CHOOSING ABE LINCOLN CAPTAIN. Akron, Ohio, 1899
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By Hill, Tarbell, and Jones.

n. p., 1907 Bloomington, Ill., 1900 WILSON (W. B.). Acts and Actors in the Civil War. Phila. 1892

CRAVENS (FRANCIS). The Story of Lincoln.

SMITH (SAMUEL G.). Abraham Lincoln. Cinn., n. d.
CAMPBELL (HELEN C.). The Life of Lincoln.

Together 8 vols. 12mo, cloth, morocco backs.

Bost., n. d.

593. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Letters of President Lincoln on Questions of National Policy. 12mo, half morocco, original covers bound in. (Fish No. 547.) N. Y. 1863

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595. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). A Letter from President Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker. 12mo, half morocco. (Fish No. 544.) Phila. 1879

* Limited to 45 copies, privately printed.

596. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). An Address Delivered before the Springfield Washingtonian Temperance Society. 8vo, half morocco.

(Fish No. 519.)

597. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM).

Springfield, 1882

How I twice Eloped. The Only Novelette ever Sketched by Abraham Lincoln, elaborated by Catherine Eaves. Vignette. 12mo, half morocco, wrappers bound in. (Fish No. 295.)

Chic. [1901]

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598. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Writings of Lincoln. Edited by A. B. Lapsley. With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, etc. Portraits and other illustrations on Japan paper. 8 vols. 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut. N. Y. 1905-06 * Connoisseur's Federal Edition, limited to 400 sets.

599. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). The Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Marion M. Miller. Illustrations. 9 vols. 16mo, half morocco, gilt tops. N. Y. 1907

600. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). Amnesty Proclamation and Third Annual Message, read in Congress, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1863. 20 pp. 8vo, original wrappers.

(Fish No. 538.) n. p.-n. d.

601. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM). U. L. A. The Opinions of Lincoln upon Slavery and its Issues. 16 pp. 8vo, stitched. (Fish No. 551.)

602. LINCOLN (ABRAHAM).

Ferguson.

n. p.―n. d. Address on Death of n. p.-n. d.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The Illustrated News. Lond. 1860 DAWES (H. L.). Recollections of Stanton under Lincoln.

Bost. 1894

WINCHELL (J. M.). Three Interviews with President
Lincoln.

n. p.—n. d.

THE NATIONAL FREEDMAN. Lincoln Obsequies.

N. Y. 1865

Phila. 1860

BROUGHTON'S Monthly Planet Reader. Together 6 vols. imperial 8vo and 8vo, half cloth and half

morocco.

603. LINCOLN CENTENARY SERVICES, 1909. Temple Adath Israel, Louisville, Kentucky. Portrait. 8vo, half moLouisville, n. d.

rocco.

* Presentation copy from Andrew Cowan and a 1 p. A. L. S. 604. LINCOLN CENTENNIAL. Addresses delivered at the Memorial Exercises held at Springfield. Portrait. 8vo, half red leather. [Springfield] 1909

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606. LINCOLN-DOUGLAS Debates of 1858. Edited by Edwin E. Sparks. Illustrated. Royal 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top. Springfield, 1908

607. LINCOLN in Caricature (Wilson), n. p., 1903; Lincoln as Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Co., n.p.-n. d.; The Lincoln Album, St. Louis, 1907; Lincoln Story Calendars for 1908-09-10 and 11, and others. Together 11 vols., folio and 4to, various bindings.

608. LINCOLN the Citizen (Whitney), N. Y. 1907; Some Old Love Stories (Connor), Lond. 1895; Public Ledger Almanac, 1895 to '99, 6 vols., Phila. 1895-99; and others. Together about 35 pieces, various sizes and bindings.

609. LINCOLN MEMORIAL ALBUM-IMMORTELLES (Oldroyd) (Prospectus), Springfield, 1882; Les Enfans du Travail (D'Englehem), Paris, 1865; Abraham Lincoln, from "Hawaii's Young People," n. p., 1904; Lincoln Records in Pennsylvania, from "N. Y. Genealogical Record," N. Y. 1872; and others. Together 14 pieces, various sizes, paper.

610. LINCOLN CORRESPONDENCE (Lambert), n. p., 1909; Abraham Lincoln on Waterways (Meese), Moline, Ill., 1908; Abraham Lincoln, A Centennial Appreciation (Poulson), Wilmington, Del., n. d.; If Lincoln had Lived (Frazier), n. p., 1909; and others. Together 17 pieces, 8vo, paper.

611. LINCOLN'S CABINET: AUTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS. HAMLIN (HANNIBAL). A. N. S., to Gen. J. C. Freemont.

n. d.
SEWARD (F. W.). A. N. S., to Thurlow Weed.
Wash. July 24, n. y.
STANTON (EDWIN M.). A. N. S., to Simeon Draper.
Wash. July 30, 1862

CHASE (SALMON P.). A. N. S., to Gen. McDowell. n. d.
WELLES (GIDEON). Naval Order Signed. July 14, 1862
BLAIR (MONTGOMERY). A. N. S., to Col. A. H. Grim-
shaw.
Wilmington, n. d.

Together 6 pieces.

612. LINCOLN, GARFIELD AND MCKINLEY. Memorial Addresses delivered before the two Houses of Congress on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley. Prepared by Chas. R. Cushman. Portraits. 4to, half green levant morocco, gilt top, uncut (badly waterstained). Wash. 1903

613. LINCOLN Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination and Obsequies of the Martyred President. Portrait. Svo, cloth. N. Y. 1865

614. LINCOLN MONUMENT (THE), in Memory of the Scottish-American Soldiers, Unveiled in Edinburgh. 12mo, half morocco, wrappers bound in. Edin. 1893

615. LINCOLN SCRAP-BOOK. A volume of portraits, newspaper clippings, etc., including an original sepia cartoon by W. H. Brown, and a fine signature of Lincoln cut from a letter. All mounted and bound in one vol. 8vo, half morocco.

* Consists mainly of contemporary newspaper accounts and illustrations of the assassination of Lincoln, and events immediately following, including the capture and death of the assassin.

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