1861, correspondence

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William D. Kelley to Titian J. Coffey, Friday, October 25, 1861  (Telegram regarding conviction for piracy)
Solomon Sturges to Simon Cameron, Monday, November 11, 1861  (Surgeons for the army)
Richard Yates to Simon Cameron, Wednesday, May 08, 1861  (Introduces John Pope)
Robert Patterson to John W. Hall, Saturday, September 21, 1861  (Acknowledgment)
Hamilton R. Gamble to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, September 28, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
G. C. Davidson to William H. Seward, Monday, August 12, 1861  (Telegram reporting rumor of trouble in New York)
Benjamin Douglas to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 22, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
Nickerson Moseley & McCoy to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 29, 1861  (Recommend Cameron for cabinet)
Isaac N. Morris to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, May 13, 1861  (Support)
Cecilia Young to John G. Nicolay, 1861-65  (Cover letter)
New York City Times, Tuesday, October 01, 1861  (Clipping)

New York City Times, Tuesday, October 01, 1861 (Clipping)

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Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 29, 1861  (Military affairs)
Anson Stager to Thomas A. Scott and George B. McClellan, Monday, November 04, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
David Kilgore to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 21, 1861  (Recommends Colfax for cabinet)
D. H. Carl, April 1861  (Plan to reinforce Fort Sumter)

D. H. Carl, April 1861 (Plan to reinforce Fort Sumter)

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Edward D. Baker to Abraham Lincoln, February 1861  (Recommends Cameron for cabinet)
Samuel E. Demmied and Francis B. Penniman to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 07, 1861  (Oppose Cameron)
Nathaniel P. Banks to William H. Seward, Wednesday, September 18, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
Charles P. Stone to Seth Williams, Friday, October 25, 1861  (Telegram regarding casualties suffered at Ball's Bluff)
W. C. Anderson to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 22, 1861  (Recommends Colfax for cabinet)
[Civil War envelope showing wreath with message "Give this wreath to the brave, who their country would save"]

[Civil War envelope showing wreath with message "Give this wreath to t...

Addressed to Rachel Ann Taylor, Gum Tree Post Office, Chester County, Penn., care Israel Taylor; postmarked Hyattstown, Md. Notations on recto: Soldier's letter; In haste. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-... More

Stephen A. Douglas to Andrew Johnson, Wednesday, April 17, 1861  (Introduction)
Henry B. Carrington to Salmon P. Chase, Saturday, April 13, 1861  (Telegram regarding raising of Ohio militia)
Telegraph Operator to Winfield Scott, [May 1861]  (Rumored attack on Ft. Henry)
Caleb B. Smith to A. G. Porter, Saturday, December 28, 1861  (Military affairs)
T. Lyle Dickey to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, September 21, 1861  (Telegram regarding appointment)
Ozias M. Hatch, et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, September 14, 1861  (Recommendation)
[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in front of eagle and American flag banner with message "The right man in the right place!"]

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Sc...

Addressed to David Weir, 33 Gansevoort Stre[et], New York C[ity], New York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Baltimore, Jul. 30[?]. Entered according to act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerk... More

Thomas J. Galbraith to William P. Dole, Tuesday, December 10, 1861  (Recommendation)
Unknown. to Abraham Lincoln, January 1861  (Recommends William Pennington for cabinet)
John Hughes to William H. Seward, Tuesday, October 29, 1861  (Political affairs)
William M. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 12, 1861  (Wants to wager that Confederacy will win war)

William M. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 12, 1861 (Wants t...

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S. U. Deverett to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 11, 1861  (Telegram regarding funeral of Edward Baker)
Joshua F. Speed to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 01, 1861  (Recommendation; endorsed by A. A. Burton)
Abraham Lincoln, [January 1861]  (First Inaugural Address, Draft of Opening Paragraph)
Abraham Lincoln to Simon Cameron, Monday, May 13, 1861  (Appointment for Carl Schurz)
Orville H. Browning to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, February 09, 1861  (Recommendation)
Abraham Lincoln, [April 1861]  (Memorandum on Philadelphia Patronage (Verree))
Theodore Frelinghuysen to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 04, 1861  (Recommendation)
Abraham Lincoln, [April 1861]  (Memorandum on Philadelphia Patronage (Kelley))
N. J. Eaton to Edward Bates, Monday, September 16, 1861  (Fremont's removal)
Anson Stager to Thomas T. Eckert, Thursday, October 10, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
Samuel L. Wallarkets to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 07, 1861  (Opposes Caleb Smith)
[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Major General George B. McClellan inset in medallion decorated with eagle and American flags]

[Civil War envelope showing portrait of Major General George B. McClel...

Addressed to Mr. John Stiles, Linden, Genesee Co., N.Y.; postmarked at Batavia, N.Y. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

James H. Paine to G. W. Bishop, Wednesday, January 23, 1861  (Recommendation)
Letter to V. M. Randolph from S. R. Mallory, March 20, 1861.
George A. Wenck to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, September 21, 1861  (Seeks office)
[Civil War envelope showing sailor waving hat in front of American flag]

[Civil War envelope showing sailor waving hat in front of American fla...

Addressed to Mr. Wm. E. Tingley, Harford, Susq. Co., Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 29. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 28, 1861  (Requests return of a dispatch)
John G. Nicolay to Edward Bates, Monday, January 28, 1861  (Lincoln's travel plans)
Charles S. Ogden to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 17, 1861  (Cover letter)
Robert C. Schenck to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, May 18, 1861  (Telegram requesting commission as general)
The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20th, 1861, is recorded in D. C. Wismer's "Obsolete Paper Money With Portrait of Lincoln.

The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20t...

Accompanying typed manuscript claims it is the earliest dated bill to be ornamented with the Lincoln lineaments. Handwritten note to bottom of manuscript indicates there is a bill earlier than that dates August 10, 1861.

David Fisher to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, April 13, 1861  (Telegram of support)
John F. Fisk to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, September 13, 1861  (Telegram regarding situation in Kentucky)
Benjamin F. Manierre to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 23, 1861  (Introduction)
Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 01, 1861  (Memorandum on cabinet appointments)
George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, September 11, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, Wednesday, August 07, 1861  (Appointment of William B. Richmond)
John Pope to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861  (Telegram inquiring about his commission)
Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, September 9, 1861
C. F. Diehl to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, January 30, 1861  (Recommends Cameron for cabinet)
Nathaniel Heath to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, February 02, 1861  (Seeks office)
Solomon Foot to Cabinet, Friday, May 31, 1861  (Recommendation)
Abraham Lincoln to Winfield Scott, Monday, April 01, 1861  (Request for Scott to submit a daily report)
Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

Poem by Alexander Graham Bell, 1861

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H. M. Ruggles to George Denison, Saturday, April 20, 1861  (Business affairs)
Edward Bates to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, May 21, 1861  (New York appointment)
Jesse L. Williams to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 29, 1861  (Request for meeting)
William T. Sherman to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, October 09, 1861  (Telegram recommending promotions)
Edwin Booth to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, January 04, 1861  (Cameron)
New York Volunteers to Edwin D. Morgan, Tuesday, May 07, 1861  (Petition to from brigade under command of Schurz)
William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln,  1861  (Military affairs)
John P. Hale to Abraham Lincoln, 1861-65  (Requests interview)
Boston Morning Journal, Saturday, April 06, 1861  (Clipping)

Boston Morning Journal, Saturday, April 06, 1861 (Clipping)

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Lorenzo Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, August 02, 1861  (Cover letter)
[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.

[Civil War envelope], Confederate States of America.

Addressed to W.R. Clack, Co. B, 43rd Regt. of Tenn. Vols., Chattanooga, Tennessee; bears 3 cent stamp. Found with letter processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 28, and tintype of William R. Clack of Co. B, 43rd Tenness... More

Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, January 07, 1861  (Envelope)
John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, September 03, 1861  (Telegram regarding military affairs)
Anonymous.  “A Friend” to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, January 05, 1861  (Opposes Fremont)
John D. Defrees to David Davis, [January 1861]  (Border States and secession)
R. Morley to Thomas A. Scott, Sunday, September 29, 1861  (Military affairs)
Jonathan Creaves to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, January 06, 1861  (Recommendation)
Henry M. Rice to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 23, 1861  (Tenders his services)
Benjamin F. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861  (Command for Edward Baker)
James Cooper to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, April 15, 1861  (Volunteers services to the Union)
Charles Dion to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, December 12, 1861  (in French)
Henry F. Johns to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, January 01, 1861  (Petition for employment as White House steward)
Illinois Army, 1st Brigade, Friday, November 08, 1861  (Printed General Order)
John C. Cox to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, February 06, 1861  (Seeks diplomatic post)
Abraham Lincoln, [April 1861]  (Memorandum on Maryland Patronage (Davis))
[Envelope addressed to Brig. Gen'l. D. Ruggles, Richmond, Virginia; postmarked Augusta, Georgia]

[Envelope addressed to Brig. Gen'l. D. Ruggles, Richmond, Virginia; po...

Handwritten envelope addressed to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles of Gen. & Staff Confederate States Infantry Regiment; bears 10-cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Lilj... More

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "Our nation's pride. A terror to traitors"]

[Civil War envelope showing American flag with message "Our nation's p...

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Ethelbert P. Oliphant to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, April 05, 1861  (Old friend seeks office)
Charles B. Harris to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, February 01, 1861  (Autograph request)
John G. Nicolay to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, October 21, 1861  (Removal of General Fremont)
Robert C. Schenck to A . H. Conner, Monday, January 14, 1861  (Introduction)
S. F. Von Bonnhorst to Simon Cameron, Wednesday, May 01, 1861  (Rumor of Confederate attack upon Washington)
Benjamin F. Butler to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, May 09, 1861  (Introduction)
Francis P. Blair Sr. to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, July 09, 1861  (Introduction)
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