A. Original Manuscripts by Lincoln (in chronological order)

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1. A. D folio (1 leaf). Deposition of Christian Goodman
2. Bill in chancery to Sangamon Co. Circuit Court, Illinois, Lincoln and Herndon as attorneys for Upton Crowl against John Grigg, David B. Ayers, Robert North, and William Parks. Affidavit sworn by Lincoln before J. Calhoun, clerk, and L. B. Adams
3. R. K. Webster against Gill & Rupert
4. Plea and notice in case of Robert B. Courtney and others against Nelson Maddox, administrator of the estate of William T. Courtney
5. To William Cullen Bryant
6. Printed letter signed To the Governor of the State of Mississippi. Countersigned by William H. Seward, Secretary of State
7. Postmark on envelope addressed to Parke Godwin, Esq. franked by President Lincoln
8. To Lieutenant General Scott. [In separate slipcase]
9. document signed, Original order suspending the writ of habeas corpus between New York and Washington. Countersigned by William Henry Seward
10. To the Honorable Secretary of War, requesting appointment of four officers to Kansas Volunteers
11. Endorsed reply on autograph letter signed by Lincoln on from Major General George B. McClellan
12. To Captain Thomas G. Pitcher, accompanied by blank envelope endorsed (on verso) by [Capt. Pitcher]
13. Letter, with envelope. To George Dad [...?] Written by John Hay under President Lincoln's direction
14. To Major General McClellan
15. To Secretary of War requesting appointment of John P. Sherburne as Assistant Adjutant General
16. document signed, Commission to Henry C. Bowen as collector of taxes
17. Autograph endorsement signed
18. To Major General McClellan. Also, portrait of General McClellan
19. document signed, 1 p. Authorization to Secretary of State to affix seal to "my proclamation of the additional article for the suppression of the African slave trade between the United States and Great Britain"
20. To William Cullen Bryant. [Transferred from Bryant-Godwin Collection]
21. To General Tyler
22. To Major General Hooker
23. document signed, Warrant for the pardon of Peter Snyder
24. To the Secretary of War requesting statement regarding two men in Capitol Prison
25. To Secretary of War requesting statement for mustering out of Col. George P. Ihrie
26. To Major General Meade regarding pardon for John Murphy because of his age
27. Document signed by the Governors of Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin offering the Government 80,000 troops
28. Pardon of John Connor for desertion
29. letter signed, To William Cullen Bryant. [Transferred from Bryant-Godwin Collection]