Manuscripts

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Description: Facsimiles of Mary Todd Lincoln letters to Edward Lewis Baker, 1876-1882, and of Elizabeth Todd Edwards letters to Julia Cook Edwards Baker, 1862. Originals in Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865-1910.
Call number: mssLincolnm
Creator: Lincoln, Mary Todd (1818-1882)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Mary Todd Lincoln letters

Manuscripts

Collection contains 56 letters from Mary Todd Lincoln to Alexander Williamson dated from 1865 to 1867; in addition, there are seven letters from Lincoln to Sally Orne, 1865 to 1870, and four letters to Noyes W. Miner, 1881 to 1882. Letters to Alexander Williamson concern Lincoln's financial situation and her enlistment of Williamson in her efforts to obtain appropriations from Congress. Letters from Lincoln to her friend Sally Orne also discuss her finances and the actions of Congress, and her illnesses. Her letters to Noyes W. Miner similarly discuss her Congressional pension and her health.Also present are two letters from Otto Wiecker to collector William K. Bixby, dated 1908 and 1910. Wiecker mentions letters in the possession of the widow of Alexander Williamson, presumably referring to letters from Mary Todd Lincoln to Alexander Williamson in this collection. He also discusses other Lincolniana items he hopes to procure and/or sell, including a shawl of Mary Todd Lincoln's and a signed presentation copy of the Gettysburg Address in the hand of Abraham Lincoln.

mssLincolnm

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Mary Todd Lincoln letter to Alexander Williamson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter. Letter is undated; date provided by Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters. Includes fragment of letter to Mary Todd Lincoln, 1866 April 21. (1 page)

HM 23938

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Mary Todd Lincoln letter to Alexander Williamson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter. Year provided by Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters. (1 page)

HM 23940

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Mary Todd Lincoln, Chicago, letter to Alexander Williamson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter. Letter dated 1866; in Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters as 1865. (4 pages)

HM 23948

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Mary Todd Lincoln letter to Alexander Williamson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter. Letter dated 1866; in Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters as 1865. (4 pages)

HM 23947

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Mary Todd Lincoln letter to Alexander Williamson

Manuscripts

Autograph letter signed. Letter dated 1867; in Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters as 1866. (4 pages)

HM 23907

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