Manuscripts
Andrew Johnson declaration to Winfield Scott Hancock
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Andrew Johnson declaration to Winfield Scott Hancock
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Document signed. Declaration suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus in the case of Mary E. Surratt. (1 page)
HM 1986
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Winfield Scott Hancock, Washington, D.C., letter to Andrew Wylie
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Letter signed. Letter refusing to produce the body of Mary E. Surratt. (1 page)
HM 1989
Wharton Randell v. Goodrich Lightfoot & Henry Lightfoot, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County)
Manuscripts
Document signed. Declaration; copy of note sued on. In hand of Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln, p.q."
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Albert G. Williams v. John M. Cabaniss and George L. Cabaniss, Illinois Circuit Court (Sangamon County)
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Document signed. Declaration; copy of the instrument declared on, and assignment thereon. In the hand of Abraham Lincoln, with signature "Stuart & Lincoln for Plff."
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Hancock, Winfield Scott to John McAllister Schofield
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Hiram Barney's political, business, legal, and family papers concern a wide variety of subjects including real estate, primarily in Iowa, and New York; court cases (often pertaining to debt collection) and other legal services; politics generally, but especially patronage distribution; family affairs, business transactions concerning the Erie and other canals; small railroads (largely in the Lake Plains region); Mexico and Mexican-American relations; the Civil War; U.S. Customs Service. Barney's correspondence contains numerous references to the anti-enslavement movement in the North, the Civil War, Republican Party politics, and Barney's friendship with Abraham Lincoln. Also found throughout this portion of the collection are transportation papers dealing with Barney's interest in connection with the opening up of waterways, the railroad, and the telegraph from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. Among the correspondents are William C. Bryant, William A. Butler, Salmon P. Chase, Charles P. Clinch, Erastus Corning, Edward C. Delavan, William P. Fessenden, John Jay, David W. Kilbourne, Eugene Kozlay, Abraham Lincoln, Edward L. Pierce, Matias Romero, Horatio Seymour, William T. Sherman, Edward D. Smith, Breese J. Stevens, Lewis Tappan, William D. Waterman. Real estate papers concern mostly the Half-Breed Tract between the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers. Which includes signed documents of land indentures by specific Indigenous tribal members of the Sak and Fox (Meskwaki) Nation with papers pertaining to the first Anglo proprietors and settlers. Related to Barney's real estate documents are Francis Scott Key's papers. Legal papers extend from 1825 to 1888 and includes articles of partnership, court cases, powers of attorney, and notes for collection. New York Custom House papers cover the general operations, patronage, and personnel of the Custom House, as well as records of the fraud investigations conducted by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Hancock, Winfield Scott. To Matthew Keller
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters, manuscripts (including 4 diaries and 3 notebooks), documents and photographs related to the life and business interests of Matthew Keller. Subject matter in the collection includes Los Angeles from 1851-1880, particularly reflected in deeds and land papers for the Los Angeles area (a few relate to petroleum development) and the wine industry. There are also photographs of the Los Angeles area at the turn of the century and biographical information on Matthew Keller and Henry Workman Keller. In addition to the Keller family, other persons represented in the collection include Isaias William Hellman (14 pieces), Pío Pico (1 piece) and James De Barth Shorb (1 piece).
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