Petitions pledging support for the appointment of Nathan Sargent in various state and federal positions, including Auditor, Surveyor of the Port of Philadelphia, and Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Carte-de-visite of William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln.

Caleb B. Smith was appointed by Abraham Lincoln as the United States Secretary of the Interior in 1861. He resigned after not being appointed to United States Supreme Court the following year.

Portrait of Caleb B. Smith in oval frame with signature. Design in red, yellow, blue and green. Printed by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y.

Design shows full-length portrait of George Washington in blue on white envelope. Lith. of Hoffman & Knickerbocker, Albany, N.Y. Address label adhered to envelope.

Portrait of Gideon Welles in oval frame with signature. Design in red, yellow, blue and green. Printed by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y.

Portrait of Salmon P. Chase in oval frame with signature. Design in red, yellow, blue and green. Printed by Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St. N.Y.

Design shows large ship with "U. States" flag and smaller ship with Confederate flag and "Jeff Davis" with "Privateering under difficulties." Design in red and blue on white envelope.

Reminsciences about Abraham Lincoln written by a man who grew up on a farm near the Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. In his letter to Mr. Lucas, he recounts his boyhood impressions of Lincoln, of his attendance at the 1860 Republican National…

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

Receipt from William Florville (Billy the Barber), for money received from the estate of E.S. Rohly for services rendered. Florville was Abraham Lincoln's African American barber in Springfield, Ill.

Design shows Elmer Ephriam Ellsworth in uniform. Ellsworth was a friend of Abraham Lincoln and remembered as the first Union casualty of the American Civil War. Design in red, blue, green, and brown on white envelope.