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Caleb B. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 05, 1861  (Sends commission to be signed)
Mrs. Abraham H. Hoge to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 24, 1862  (Meeting with delegation from Sanitary Commission)
In Congress, April 14, 1779 : Whereas Congress, on the twenty-first day of August last, did resolve, that when any persons are desirous of going within the enemy's lines, they shall apply to the executive power of the state to which they belong ... Resolved, that any officer, who shall permit a person to go within the enemy's lines without such recommendation ... shall thereby forfeit his commission.

In Congress, April 14, 1779 : Whereas Congress, on the twenty-first da...

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Richard Busteed to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 10, 1863  (Resigns his commission as brigadier general)
Charles R. Jennison to Abraham Lincoln, Sunday, November 01, 1863  (Seeks military commission)
William Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, December 15, 1770, Printed Commission as Commander of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Militia

William Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, December 15, 1770, Printed Commiss...

Printed Commission as Commander of the Albemarle County, Virginia, Militia

Boundary between the United States & Mexico agreed upon by the Joint Commission under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : surveyed in 1852-53 under the direction of Bvt. Major W.H. Emory, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Chief Astronomer and Surveyor.

Boundary between the United States & Mexico agreed upon by the Joint C...

"Published by authority of honble. Robert McClelland, Secretary of the Interior." "Drawn by F. Herbst & Thos. Jekyll." "Engr. by Selmar Siebert. Lettering by F. Courtenay." Some sheets annotated. Multiple editi... More

Boundary between the United States & Mexico agreed upon by the Joint Commission under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo : surveyed in 1852-53 under the direction of Bvt. Major W.H. Emory, Corps of Topographical Engineers, Chief Astronomer and Surveyor.

Boundary between the United States & Mexico agreed upon by the Joint C...

"Published by authority of honble. Robert McClelland, Secretary of the Interior." "Drawn by F. Herbst & Thos. Jekyll." "Engr. by Selmar Siebert. Lettering by F. Courtenay." Some sheets annotated. Multiple editi... More

Emanuel J. Pleyel to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, March 22, 1864  (Seeks military commission)
Philadelphia Sanitary Commission to Abraham Lincoln, June 1864  (Present Lincoln with a pocket knife)
Philadelphia Sanitary Commission to Abraham Lincoln, June 1864  (Present Lincoln with a pocket knife)
Juan Napoleon Zerman to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, August 14, 1862  (Seeks commission in the army)
[White House Landing, Virginia Headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission]

[White House Landing, Virginia Headquarters of the U.S. Christian Comm...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, July 17, 1863  (Sends commission)
Office State railroad commission, Frankfort, Ky., [blank], [188-] Sir: An act of the last General Assembly, approved April 6th, 1882, requires that you shall, on or before the 1st day of September in each year, make and transmit to the Commissio

Office State railroad commission, Frankfort, Ky., [blank], [188-] Sir:...

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 23, Folder 9.

Charles C. Parsons to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, December 16, 1863  (West Point Battle Monument Commission)
New York City Sanitary Commission to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 21, 1862  (Request that recruits receive a more thorough medical exam)

New York City Sanitary Commission to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, July 21,...

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Circular of the American union commission [New York, 1864].

Circular of the American union commission [New York, 1864].

Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 125, Folder 42.

William G. Eliot to S. Pollak, Friday, November 29, 1861  (Sanitary Commission)
Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, November 14, 1863  (Sends commission)
The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on board "Star of the South," from the deck of the "New York."

The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on ...

Title inscribed on verso. Unidentified bust portrait on verso. A.R. Waud inscribed on verso, but not a signature. Attributed to W. Waud in Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 14, 1865, p. 29... More

Hiram Barney to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, February 09, 1863  (U.S. Christian Commission)
John Cochrane to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, April 24, 1862  (Commission as general)
William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln,  1861  (Commission for Dundee)
William H. Seward to Abraham Lincoln,  1861  (Commission for Dundee)
August Haurand to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 15, 1863  (Seeks restoration of his commission)
John P. Usher to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, August 13, 1862  (Sends commission)
Matilda W. Emory to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, March 24, 1862  (Commission for her husband)
Salmon P. Chase to Abraham Lincoln, Thursday, January 28, 1864  (Sends commission)
William F. Small to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, April 09, 1861  (Seeks commission in army)
Speech of Mr. Bayly of Accomack, on the bill to prevent citizens of New York from carrying slaves out of this commonwealth, and to prevent the escape of persons charged with the commission of any crime, and in reply to Mr. Scott of Fauquier, delivered in the House of delegates of Virginia, on the 25th and 26th of February 1841. Published by members of the Senate and House of delegates.

Speech of Mr. Bayly of Accomack, on the bill to prevent citizens of Ne...

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Speech of Mr. Bayly of Accomack, on the bill to prevent citizens of New York from carrying slaves out of this commonwealth, and to prevent the escape of persons charged with the commission of any crime, and in reply to Mr. Scott of Fauquier, delivered in the House of delegates of Virginia, on the 25th and 26th of February 1841. Published by members of the Senate and House of delegates.

Speech of Mr. Bayly of Accomack, on the bill to prevent citizens of Ne...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

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