Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Caleb Russell and Sallie Fenton of the Society of Friends in Iowa thanking them for their recent letter expressing support for Lincoln's actions, especially relative to the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln asserts the…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis reporting that Governor Hamilton R. Gamble and Congressional members of Missouri have requested that military assessments against southern sympathizers be discontinued statewide. Lincoln asks…
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to General Samuel R. Curtis regarding proposed banishment of St. Louis minister Samuel B. McPheeters for southern sympathies. Lincoln expresses his intent to leave the decision up to Curtis but emphasizes his belief that…