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William Henry Herndon correspondence

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Description: Two autograph letters bound into a presentation volume. Includes Abraham Lincoln letter to William Henry Herndon (mssHM 23470) and William Henry Hernson letter to Charles Henry Hart (mssHM 23471).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1848 June 22 ; 1866 November 23
Call number: mssLincoln
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William Henry Herndon and Charles Henry Hart correspondence
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Correspondence of primarily autograph letters signed between Herndon and Hart regarding Lincoln and his legacy. Also includes Jesse W. Weik, Greencastle, Indiana, letter to "My dear Colonel," 1897 November 30 (probably Colonel Lambert).
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William Henry Herndon and Charles Henry Hart correspondence
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Correspondence of primarily autograph letters signed between Herndon and Hart regarding Lincoln and his legacy. Also includes Jesse W. Weik, Greencastle, Indiana, letter to "My dear Colonel," 1897 November 30 (probably Colonel Lambert). (94 pages)
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Legal records
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This series contains legal documents primarily pertaining to various cases handled by Lincoln during his law partnerships, especially with William H. Herndon. Also present is Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln indenture of land in Illinois to Lincoln's stepbrother, John D. Johnston, 1851 August 12. Autograph and signature status for Lincoln is noted at the item level. Some correspondence in series 1 relates to Lincoln's legal cases.
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William Henry Herndon, Springfield, Illinois, letter to Charles Henry Hart
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Autograph letter signed. Letter addressed to "Friend Hart." (1 page)
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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 (mssHM 2032). Volume contains copies of engravings and photographs and portions of "Lincoln in the telegraph office : recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War," by David Homer Bates. Also present is a facsimile of mssHM 2032.
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Contains: LN 1947. [Herndon, William Henry]. Analysis of the Character and Mind of Abraham Lincoln. 1865 [December 12] LN 1948. [Herndon, William Henry]. Imagination, etc. 1865 December 26. LN 1949. [Herndon, William Henry]. Facts Illustrative of Mr. Lincoln's Patriotism and Statesmanship. [1866 January 23]. LN 2325. Herndon, William Henry. To Ward Hill Lamon. 1870 March 1. LN 2326. Herndon, William Henry. To [Ward Hill Lamon]: Statement of Jas. T. Stuart and Jas. H. Mathenay. 1870 March 2. LN 2327. Herndon, William Henry. To Ward Hill Lamon. 1870 March 3. LN 2328. [Herndon, William Henry]. [Copies of source material for Life of Lincoln, includes Ancestors of Lincoln, statements of John B. Helm, Samuel Haycroft, R. Wintersmith]. [Approximately 1870]. LN 2460. The Great Western Empire [memoir of a scheme for the partition of the Americas, 1848-1864]. [Approximately 1886].
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