Below is a sample of new documents written by Abraham Lincoln or with substantial endorsements written by Lincoln that do not appear in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953-55) or either of its supplements (1974, 1990). Because the Papers of Abraham Lincoln has a much broader scope, the project has also scanned thousands of letters to Lincoln and other documents not included in the Collected Works.
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Record Group 153: Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1692-1981, National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
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Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL
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Record Group 46: Records of the United States Senate, 1789-1990, Entry 547: Thirty-Seventh Congress, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures and Related Documents, 1861-1863, National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
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Record Group 46: Records of the United States Senate, 1789-1990, Entry 547: Thirty-Seventh Congress, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Petitions and Memorials, Resolutions of State Legislatures and Related Documents, 1861-1863, National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
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Record Group 107, Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, Entry 18: Records of the Secretary of War, Record Series Originating During The Period 1789-1889, Correspondence, Letters Received, Letters Received (Main Series), 1801-1889, National Archives Building, Washington, DC
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Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN
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Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
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