Finding aid for the Abraham Lincoln Collection
Title:
Abraham Lincoln Collection
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Lincoln, Abraham
Dates:
1841-1870
Quantity:
0.20 linear feet (237 items)
Abstract:
 The collection consists of letters and documents, written or signed by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), and numerous petitions, primarily concerning patronage, addressed to Lincoln and arranged by state. Also includes 50 letters in which Lincoln is mentioned or discussed, including letters to or from Edward Bates, Andrew Boyd, Salmon P. Chase, William Pitt Fessenden, Andrew Johnson, and Edwin M. Stanton.
Identification:
MS 3031
Location:
vault
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Abraham Lincoln Collection, 1841-1870, consists of letters and documents, written or signed by Abraham Lincoln, and numerous petitions, primarily concerning patronage, addressed to Lincoln and arranged by state. Also includes 50 letters in which Lincoln is mentioned or discussed, including letters to or from Edward Bates, Andrew Boyd, Salmon P. Chase, William Pitt Fessenden, Andrew Johnson, and Edwin M. Stanton.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by document type.

Restrictions on Access

While there are no access restrictions on this collection, researchers will be asked to use the microfilm of this collection.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Judges -- United States -- Selection and appointment.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Patronage, Political -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3031 Abraham Lincoln Collection, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Processing Information

Processed in preparation for microfilming by Richard Arpi in 1979.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Abraham Lincoln Papers, 1841-1870

Folder 1
Letters and documents written to or signed by Lincoln, dates vary




Folder 2-3
Letters and petitions addressed to Lincoln, alphabetized by state, dates vary




Folder 4
Letters addressed to notable people mentioning Lincoln, arranged alphabetically by name, dates vary


Scope and Content: Andrew B. Moore, governor of Alabama, communication drawn up to protect rights of Alabama, a slave-holding state, precipitated by the election of President Lincoln. Appointment of Robert H. Smith and I. W. Garrott to consult with Governor John W. Ellis and members of the Legislature of North Carolina, as to what is best to be done to protect their rights, and report the result of such consultation in time to communicate the same to the Convention of the State of Alabama to be held on Monday the 7th day of January next., dated December 14, 1860