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Message from President Lincoln Regarding the Nevada Territory
4/29/1864
Venditioni Exponas filed in U.S. v. All the Rights, Titles, of Robert E. Lee (Robert E. Lee Confiscation Case)
06/24/1864
Telegram from President Lincoln to Mrs. Lincoln
6/29/1864
Drawing of Improved Ambulance Carriage
11/22/1864
Telegram from General William T. Sherman to President Abraham Lincoln announcing the surrender of Savannah, Georgia, as a Christmas present to the President
12/22/1864
Card of Thanks from Confederate Prisoners of War Thanking Residents for Christmas Gifts
12/29/1864
Map of "The Seat of War" in Virginia
ca. 1865
Presidential Box in Ford's Theater Where Lincoln was Assassinated
1861 - 1865
Letter Requesting an Order for Transportation to Lincoln's Funeral Procession
4/26/1865
Letter from General Sheridan to John A. Rawlins Concerning Mexico
6/29/1865
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