Manuscripts
Stephen G. Burbridge, Lexington, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln
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Stephen G. Burbridge, Lexington, Kentucky, letter to Abraham Lincoln
Manuscripts
Letter. Identified as "copy for Surgeon in chief T.S. Bell" on letterhead of the Office of The Mayor, Louisville, Kentucky. (6 pages)
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George G. Fogg, New York, letter to Abraham Lincoln
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Letter written on "Presidential Campaign of 1860" letterhead.
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Abraham Lincoln, Washington, D.C., permission for Leonard Swett
Manuscripts
Contemporary copy. Permission for Leonard Swett to pass through military and naval lines for the purpose of fulfilling his contract with the Treasury Department. On letterhead of Treasury Department, Second Agency, Memphis, Tennessee.
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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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Trip to Kentucky and visit at the nursery stud, Lexington
Visual Materials
Photograph album documenting a visit by five friends to Lexington, Kentucky, to tour thoroughbred horse farms, to Louisville to watch the Kentucky Derby, and other points of interest in the Blue Grass region, from May 2nd to May 9th, 1896, as guests of race horse breeder August Belmont, Jr., the members of the party were William A. Burnham, A. Lithgow Devens, A. Clifford Tower, Amos T. French, and E. C. Potter. With many photographs of horses, as well as images including group portraits of the group, the Kentucky Association Track in Lexington, traveling to the Mammoth Cave, and a raccoon. The album includes handwritten captions for some images and a handwritten daily summary of the trip on the last page as well as a menu for the Navarro Cafe, Lexington, Kentucky, May 5, 1896, for August Belmont.
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Edward Bates, Washington, D.C., letter to Abraham Lincoln
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Recommendation of Reverend William K. Talbot for Hospital Chaplain at Columbus, Kentucky. Endorsed by Abraham Lincoln.
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