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David Homer Bates papers, 1837-1926

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BOX 1 REEL 1 Civil War File, 1861-1865
Notes, letters, and endorsements of Abraham Lincoln, letters of Civil War commanders, diary and daily journal of Bates, and miscellaneous items
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Abraham Lincoln items, including:
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, July 25, 1862
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Aug. 7, 1862, with endorsement on letter from Thomas H. Hick to S. Cameron, Nov. 27, 1861
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to _______ , Aug. 13, 1862
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Aug. 26, 1862
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to _______ , Oct. 9, 1862 , with endorsement on envelope
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Dec. 17, 1862
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, endorsement on letter from Alex. Williamson to president, Nov. 13, 1863
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to _______ , Sept. 20, 1864
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Oct. 31, 1864
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Mary Todd, to Mrs. C. Sumwault, Apr. 20, 1864 (original telegram in handwriting of Abraham Lincoln)
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, Feb. 1865 (signature only)
BOX 1 REEL 1 Civil War commanders' letters (one each) of Franklin Buchanan, Jefferson C. Davis, Jubal A. Early, Richard S. Ewell, James L. Kemper, E. Kirby-Smith, Robert E. Lee, Gideon J. Pillow, and Richard Taylor
BOX 1 REEL 1 Diary and daily journal of Bates, 1863-1865
BOX 1 REEL 1 Miscellaneous
BOX 1 REEL 1 Correspondence, 1864-1926
Letters sent and received, mostly the correspondence of Bates with various individuals.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Bates, David Homer, 1865-1925, undated
BOX 1 REEL 1 Carnegie, Andrew, 1868-1910
BOX 1 REEL 1 Eckert, Thomas T., 1866-1910
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1907-1910
BOX 1 REEL 1 Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1864-1906
BOX 1 REEL 1 General, 1868-1926
BOX 1 REEL 1 Facsimiles, 1862-1865
Reproductions of notes, letters, and other items of Abraham Lincoln, Confederate cipher codes, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 1 REEL 1 Abraham Lincoln items, including:
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham to Colonel Haupt, Aug. 31, 1862
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to Robert A. Maxwell, Sept. 23, 1863
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, from Robert A. Maxwell, Sept. 23, 1863
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to Mary Todd Lincoln, Apr. 27, 1865
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Apr. 3, 1865 (8:00 a.m)
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, to secretary of war, Apr. 3, 1865 (5:00 p.m.)
BOX 1 REEL 1 Lincoln, Abraham, autograph estimate of the electoral vote of 1864, with documentation
BOX 1 REEL 1 Confederate cipher codes
BOX 1 REEL 1 Miscellaneous
BOX 2 REEL 1 Miscellany, 1837-1926
Articles, addresses, books, biographical material, photographs, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 2 REEL 1 Articles, addresses, and books
BOX 2 REEL 1 Regarding Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Lincoln and the telegraph office, and other Lincoln stories
(3 folders)
BOX 2 REEL 1 Regarding Thomas T. Eckert
BOX 2 REEL 1 Biographical material on Bates, photographs, fragment related to the presidential campaign of 1844, invitation to the National Inauguration Ball of 1865, and miscellaneous items
BOX 2 REEL 1 Contract with the Century Co. for Lincoln in the Telegraph Office and related memoranda, 1906-1920
BOX 2 REEL 1 Envelopes and clippings
BOX 2 REEL 1 Newspaper clippings, 1861-1926
BOX 2 REEL 1 Printed matter
BOX 2 REEL 1 School books of John Robert Kenney, 1837
(2 vols.)
BOX 2 REEL 1 Tradesmen’s National Bank liquidation papers, 1898-1909
BOX 2 REEL 2 Scrapbooks, 1907-1908
Two scrapbooks containing magazine and newspaper clippings, letters, and other items related to Lincoln in the Telegraph Office.
BOX 2 REEL 2 Magazine and newspaper clippings and letters concerning Lincoln in the Telegraph Office, originals and copies, 1907-1908
(2 vols., partially indexed)

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