Inventory of property possibly drawn up as part of the settlement of the estate related to the Jeffries Plantation. Inventory lists eighty slaves by first name arranged by families. Information regarding their ages, years of birth or death, and in…

Copy of Bancroft autograph manuscript draft of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address with a brief description of the document.

Bill of sale transferring ownership of an 11 year old boy named Dick from John G. Withers of North Carolina to William B. Withers (b. ca. 1821 in S. C.) for the sum of $710.

Letter from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, to Commadore H. H. Bell refusing to accept his resignation, July 30, 1863.

A letter from Milton A. Welch to his mother describing the camp at City Point, Va. with the New York 50th Infantry Regiment and updating her on recent events.

Letter from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton informing Carroll of the leadership of his son Samuel Sprigg Carroll during a recent advance by the Army of the Shenandoah. In it Stanton expresses his hopes for a promotion for his son.

Receipt from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy to Henry Swift & Co. for $5,000, September 12, 1862.

Orders from the Navy Department for Surgeon Albert Schriver to report for temporary duty in Philadelphia.

Letter from the Secretary of the Interior discussing rental of rooms in the Baltimore court house.

Cover letter to U.S. Marshal from the Dept. of State accompanying the warrant for President Andrew Johnson's pardon of James Evans. Warrant is not included.

Certificate from the New York Board of Enrollment exempting Marshall Cynes from military duty and replacing him with substitute Frederick Artz, according to the Enrollment Act of 1863.

Certificate of discharge of Pvt. John B. Maloney of Capt. Sherlock's Company A of the 5th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers of the State of Michigan. Maloney, a laborer, joined the Regiment in Ft. Wayne Michigan, and was discharged with surgeon's…