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Abraham Lincoln electoral vote estimate

Description: Autograph document. Estimate written by Lincoln in pencil; the date and identifying notes in pencil and ink in the handwriting of Thomas T. Eckert. On letterhead of U.S. Military Telegraph Office, War Department. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1864 October 13
Call number: HM 2032
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Lambert Lincolniana collection, January and April 1914.; Purchased from Judd Stewart, 1922.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Lambert Civil War collection, March 1914.

Abraham Lincoln electoral vote estimate

Manuscripts

Autograph document. Estimate written by Lincoln in pencil; the date and identifying notes in pencil and ink in the handwriting of Thomas T. Eckert. On letterhead of U.S. Military Telegraph Office, War Department.

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Thomas T. Eckert, New York, certification

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Typescript document signed. Eckert certifies to the authenticity of Abraham Lincoln electoral votes estimate, 1864 October 13 (HM 2032). Volume contains copies of engravings and photographs and portions of a published history relating to Lincoln, Eckert, the election of 1864, and the War Department; also present is a facsimile of HM 2032. (1 page)

HM 2033

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Abraham Lincoln notebook of clippings of newspaper accounts of speeches

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Notebook contains newspaper clippings regarding Lincoln's speeches about his views on slavery and racial equality with added notes by Lincoln. Also present is an autograph draft or copy letter signed from Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, to James N. Brown, 1858 October 18. Clippings date from 1854 to approximately 1864; Lincoln's notes are in ink and date from 1858. The notebook appears to have been created by Lincoln in 1858 for the use of James N. Brown; later notes are in pencil and are attributed to Brown. Clippings are glued to pages, most are folded. (52 pages with content)

HM 2144

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Stephen G. Burbridge, Lexington, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln

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Letter. Identified as "copy for Surgeon in chief T.S. Bell" on letterhead of the Office of The Mayor, Louisville, Kentucky. (6 pages)

HM 25133

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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to David Hunter

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Letter signed. In the handwriting of John Hay, with envelope endorsed by David Hunter. (1 page)

HM 23988

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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., letter to Oliver P. Morton

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Letter signed. On Executive Mansion letterhead. (4 pages)

HM 25147

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