Box 5
Container
Contains 30 Results:
Clipped autographs of "miscellaneous notables"
File — Box: 5, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1857-1875
Decorated envelopes [1 of 3], 1861-1865
File — Box: 5, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains postal envelopes issued during the Civil War and at Lincoln’s death. During the Civil War, stationers issued envelopes with cartoons, caricatures and patriotic images on them. There are 163 decorated envelopes in this collection. All but four were issued by Union supporters. The pro-Confederate envelopes show the Stars and Bars flag and one image labeled “So be it Ever to the Tyrants.” The Union envelopes have images supporting the Union such as flags, the eagle, Lady...
Dates:
1861-1865
Scrapbook, 1898-1906
File — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains scrapbooks of newspaper articles appearing in 1909 during the centenary of Lincoln’s birth. Montgomery collected newspaper and magazine articles about Abraham Lincoln, his family and his legacy. The newspaper articles have been pasted into three scrapbooks and date from 1898 to 1913. The magazine articles date from 1909, the centenary of his Lincoln’s birth but were too large for the scrapbooks. Also included in this series is a copy of the book The...
Dates:
1898-1906
Letters to Edwin M. Stanton (War)
File — Box: 5, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1857-1875
Letters of recommendation to Edward Bates (Attorney General)
File — Box: 5, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1857-1875
Montgomery Blair and Edward Bates
File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1857-1875
Edward Bates
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1857-1875
Empty folders labeled "Daniel Webster", 1841
File — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains a small collection of letters and documents with signatures of men associated with Lincoln. Most are letters or documents signed by Lincoln associates, but few of the letters or documents are substantive. One exception is a letter Stephen A. Douglas wrote after the 1858 elections alluding to success in the 1860 election. Many are letters of recommendation for individuals seeking government appointments. The container list has the name of the individual associated with...
Dates:
1841
Decorated envelopes [2 of 3], 1861-1865
File — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains postal envelopes issued during the Civil War and at Lincoln’s death. During the Civil War, stationers issued envelopes with cartoons, caricatures and patriotic images on them. There are 163 decorated envelopes in this collection. All but four were issued by Union supporters. The pro-Confederate envelopes show the Stars and Bars flag and one image labeled “So be it Ever to the Tyrants.” The Union envelopes have images supporting the Union such as flags, the eagle, Lady...
Dates:
1861-1865
Decorated envelopes [3 of 3], 1861-1865
File — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains postal envelopes issued during the Civil War and at Lincoln’s death. During the Civil War, stationers issued envelopes with cartoons, caricatures and patriotic images on them. There are 163 decorated envelopes in this collection. All but four were issued by Union supporters. The pro-Confederate envelopes show the Stars and Bars flag and one image labeled “So be it Ever to the Tyrants.” The Union envelopes have images supporting the Union such as flags, the eagle, Lady...
Dates:
1861-1865