Papers of Abraham Lincoln Cabinet Members,
of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
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Accession |
Folder |
Name and Date |
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80-2098 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
M[ontgomery] Blair. Washington. To "The President." Mar. 28, 1861. ALS, 1 p. Re: concerns Fox, and mentions a "memorandum" to be inquired about. Includes a photo, transcript. |
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80-2109 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Caleb B. Smith. Washington. To Secy. Navy [Gideon Welles]. Apr. 13, 1861. ALS, 1 p. Re: writes that he is sending the application of Richard S. [Collum?] of Jeffersonville, Ind., for an appointment in the Marine Camps. |
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80-2119 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Gideon Welles. Washington. To Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Apr. 16, 1861. ALS, 1 p. Re: writes that Senator Sumner has "placed in my hands" a letter from Garrison, and mentions Chaplin Fisk. |
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80-2113 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Edwin M. Stanton. To Hon. Simon Cameron. May 29, [1861?] ALS, 1 p. Re: pertains to letters that he is enclosing from Senators Chandler and Colfax recommending Mr. [McCarly?] for a commission. |
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80-2897 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Edw[ard] Bates. Attorney General's Office. To Hon. Gideon Welles. Aug. 15, 1861. ALS, 1 p. Re: discusses anonymous letters that came to him from Philadelphia, and writes that he is forwarding them to Welles because they may pertain to his department. |
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80-2108 |
Papers of Cabinet Member |
William H. Seward. Department of State, Washington. To the Secretary of War [Simon Cameron]. Sept. 11, 1861. LS, 2 pp. Re: writes in behalf of Col. H.S. Lane, who was appointed a Captain in the 12th Infantry, but desires to retain his present command. |
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80-2102 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
S[almon] P. Chase. Treasury Department. To James Purdy, Esq. Mansfield, O[hio]. Oct. 2, 1861. LS, 1 p. (1 folio pc.) Re: advises him that the appointment sent to him "was of yourself personally, the addition being given as mere description." |
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80-2099 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Simon Cameron. War Department. To 1st Lieut. Ferdinand E. De'Courcy. 13th Rgt. Infantry. Oct. 25, 1861. DS, 1 p. Re: a promotion to the rank of First Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry. |
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80-1350 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Gideon Welles. Navy Department. To L.F.T. Foster. Norwich, Conn. Oct. 29, 1861. LS, 1 p. Re: informs him that Nell Alexander, recommended for the appointment of Master's Mate "has been found qualified and appointed." |
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80-2111 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Edwin M. Stanton. Washington City, D.C. To. Genl. Ripley. Circa 1862. ALS, 1 p. Re: tells him to direct Major Hagner to "assess and report" the value of certain material being delivered. |
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80-2104 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
W. P. Fessenden. Washington. To Lieut. Fessenden. May 18, 1862. ALS, 1 p. Re: writes that he is enclosing a letter for him, and mentions that Gen. Hunter's "proclamation" is making a "great stir;" writes that gun-boats have been repulsed near Richmond. |
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80-2101 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
S[almon] P. Chase. Washington. To "My dear Sir." Dec. 13, [1862?] ALS, 2 pp. (1 pc.) Re: writes about his "Clifton property;" discusses political wisdom and affairs in relation to "profound reliance on God." |
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80-2100 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
S[almon] P. Chase. To Hon. O.H. Browning. Jan. 29, 1863. ALS, 1 p. Re: invitation to dine with him on Saturday, Jan. 31, "entirely without ceremony," and requests that he give an "affirmative answer." |
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80-2107 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Gideon Welles. Navy Department. To Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding. Navy Yard, New York. June 27, 1863. Handwritten telegram, signed. Re: tells him to contact Mrs. Foote and make arrangements "as to attending the remains of Admiral Foote to New Haven." |
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80-2114 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
J.P. Usher. Department of the Interior. To Hon. J.B. McKean. July 21, 1863. DS, 2 pp. (1 folio pc.) Re: pertains to a joint resolution of Congress, whereby certain books and documents are to be distributed among the members of the 37th Congress. |
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80-1349 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Appointment of Captain Edwin Henry. War Department. November 16, 1863. DS, 1 p. Signed by Edwin M. Stanton. Re: an appointment to Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers. |
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80-1384 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Isaac Newton. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. To Henry B. Anthony. Jan. 9, 1864. ALS, 2 pp (1 folio pc.) Re: discusses the short supply of a publication ordered by Congress for distribution, and suggests that additional copies be printed. |
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80-2106 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Memorandum from H[ugh] McCulloch. Treasury Department. Apr. 17, 1865. Printed document. Re: instructions to wear crepe upon the left arm for the period of six months, "in honor to the memory of our late illustrious Chief Magistrate …" |
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80-2118 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Gideon Welles. Navy Department. To the President. Aug. 3, [1866?]. LS, 3 pp. Re: writes to object to an arrangement made by Rear Adm. Davis and Commodore Lee, in regard to the Light House Board. |
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80-2112 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Edwin M. Stanton. War Department. To Genl. O.O. Howard. Mar. 3, 1868. ALS, 1 p. Re: asks him to call "at the Department this morning …as early as convenient." |
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80-2115 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
J.P. Usher. Union Pacific Railway Company. Kansas Division. To Ward H. Lamon. Denver, Col. Aug. 11, 1885. LS, 1 p. Re: his return to Elcelsior Springs tomorrow, and that he has prepared a paper "upon Lincoln," and writes that Swett ought to apologize. |
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80-2105 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Hugh McCulloch. To Mr. Charles Aldrich. May 3, 1889. ALS, 3 pp. (1 pc.) Re: discusses an address delivered at the "recent Centennial in New York" by Bishop Potter. |
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80-2103 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
W[illiam] Dennison. To W.H. Smith. Oct. 4, 18--? ALS, 2 pp. (1 pc.) Re: thanks him for a note, writes of his " return from the East," and says he is writing in haste; mentions Knox, where he has "promised to make two speeches." |
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80-2116 |
Papers of Cabinet Members |
Gideon Welles. Autograph and engraving, n.d. |
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80-1382 |
Papers of Lincoln's Cabinet Members |
W. P. Fessenden. Autograph and engraving, n.d. |
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80-2110 |
Papers of Lincoln's Cabinet Members |
James Speed. Autograph, n.d. |