Series III (Presidential Papers)

Series III (Presidential Papers)

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.

Click on an image to enlarge.

Order for Court of Inquiry, September 5, 1862

Order for Court of Inquiry 1 Court of Inquiry 2
Court of Inquiry  

Record Group 153: Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General, 1692-1981, National Archives Building, Washington, DC.

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, September 27, 1862

Lincoln to Stanton

Henry Horner Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, IL

Petition of John R. Price and others to Abraham Lincoln, [October] 1862; endorsement of Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, October 15, 1862

Petition of John R. Price Petition of John R. Price 2
Petition of John R. Price 3  

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.

Brief regarding Land Sales at Reservation No. 7 in California, [October 1862]; endorsement of Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, October 31, 1862

Brief regarding Land Sales 1 Brief regarding Land Sales 2
Brief regarding Land Sales 3  Brief regarding Land Sales 4

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.

Abraham Lincoln to Samuel R. Curtis, November 6, 1862

Lincoln to Curtis

State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, IA

Abraham Lincoln to Edwin M. Stanton, November 10, 1862

Lincoln to Stanton Lincoln to Stanton

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

Abraham Lincoln to F. N. Ewing, November 24, 1862

Lincoln to Ewing 1 Lincoln to Ewing 2

Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, TN

Abraham Lincoln to Cassius M. Clay, December 13, 1862

Lincoln to Clay Lincoln to Clay 2

Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH