Description of Sources
The following symbols provide a description of sources as cited at the beginning of the first footnote to each item. In addition to the customary symbols for describing manuscripts, the editors have employed symbols or single words to identify other sources which have been cited repeatedly in the first footnote.
- AD
- Autograph Document
- ADS
- Autograph Document Signed
- ADf
- Autograph Draft
- ADfS
- Autograph Draft Signed
- AE
- Autograph Endorsement
- AES
- Autograph Endorsement Signed
- AL
- Autograph Letter
- ALS
- Autograph Letter Signed
- ALS copy
- Autograph Letter Signed, copied by Lincoln and preserved in his papers
- Copy
- Copy not by Lincoln
- D
- Document
- DS
- Document Signed
- Df
- Draft
- DfS
- Draft Signed
- ES
- Endorsement Signed
- F
- Facsimile - - following any of the preceding symbols
- LS
- Letter Signed
- P
- Photostat - - following any of the preceding symbols
- Angle
- New Letters and Papers of Lincoln. Compiled by Paul M. Angle. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930.
- Herndon
- Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. By William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. 3 volumes. Chicago, New York, and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Company, [1889].
- Hertz
- Abraham Lincoln: A New Portrait. By Emanuel Hertz. 2 volumes. New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931.
- Lapsley
- The Writings of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Arthur Brooks Lapsley. 8 volumes. New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1905.
- NH
- Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by John G. Nicolay and John Hay. 12 volumes. New York: Francis D. Tandy Company, 1905.
- OR
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. 4 series; 70 ``volumes''; 128 books. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901. Roman numerals are used for Series, Volume, and Part (if any); pages are in arabic.
- Tarbell
- The Life of Abraham Lincoln. . . . By Ida M. Tarbell. 2 volumes. New York: The Doubleday & McClure Company, 1900.
- Tracy
- Uncollected Letters of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Gilbert A. Tracy. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917.
- Wilson
- Uncollected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Edited by Rufus Rockwell Wilson. 2 volumes. Elmira, New York: Primavera Press, 1947-1948.
Location Symbols
- CCamStJ
- St. John's Seminary Library, Camarillo, Calif.
- CLCM
- Los Angeles County Museum Library, Los Angeles, Calif.
- CSmH
- Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.
- CoHi
- State Historical Society of Colorado, Denver, Colo.
- CoU
- University of Colorado Library, Boulder, Colo.
- Ct
- Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn.
- CtHi
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.
- CtLHi
- Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, Conn.
- CtSoP
- Pequot Library, Southport, Conn.
- CtWat
- Watertown Library Association, Watertown, Conn.
- CtY
- Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
- DLC
- Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- DLC-HW
- Herndon-Weik Collection, Library of Congress
- DLC-RTL
- The Robert Todd Lincoln Collection of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Library of Congress
- DLM
- Lincoln Museum, Ford's Theatre, National Park Service, Washington, D. C.
- DNA
- National Archives, Washington, D. C. All additional abbreviations and numbers given with this symbol are those employed by the National Archives at the time the manuscript was located.
- DNM
- National Museum Library, Washington, D. C.
- DeHi
- Historical Society of Delaware Library, Wilmington, Del.
- DeWI
- Wilmington Institute Free Library, Wilmington, Del.
- I-Ar
- Archives Division, Illinois State Library, Springfield, Ill.
- IBloHi
- McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.
- ICHi
- Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Ill.
- ICU
- University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Ill.
- IDecJ
- James Millikin University Library, Decatur, Ill.
- IFre
- Freeport Public Library, Freeport, Ill.
- IHi
- Illinois State Historical Library, Springfield, Ill.
- IJI
- Illinois College Library, Jacksonville, Ill.
- ISLA
- The Abraham Lincoln Association, Springfield, Ill.
- IU
- University of Illinois Library, Urbana, Ill.
- IaCrM
- Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- IaDaM
- Davenport Public Museum, Davenport, Iowa
- IaHA
- Iowa State Department of History and Archives, Des Moines, Iowa
- In
- Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Ind.
- InFtwL
- Lincoln National Life Foundation, Fort Wayne, Ind.
- InHi
- Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, Ind.
- InLTHi
- Tippecanoe County Historical Association, Lafayette, Ind.
- InU
- Indiana University Library, Bloomington, Ind.
- KyBC
- Berea College Library, Berea, Ky.
- KyU
- University of Kentucky Library, Lexington, Ky.
- LU
- Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, La.
- MB
- Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
- MCon
- Free Public Library, Concord, Mass.
- MFai
- Millicent Library, Fairhaven, Mass.
- MH
- Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Mass.
- MHi
- Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass.
- MS
- Springfield Library Association, Springfield, Mass.
- MSHi
- Connecticut Valley Historical Society, Springfield, Mass.
- MdAA
- Hall of Records, State of Maryland, Annapolis, Md.
- MdHi
- Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Md.
- MeHI
- Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me.
- MiD
- Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
- MiK-M
- Kalamazoo Public Library Museum, Kalamazoo, Mich.
- MiU-C
- William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- MiU-Hi
- Michigan Historical Collection, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
- MnHi
- Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.
- McSM
- Macalester College Library, St. Paul, Minn.
- MoHi
- State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
- MoSHi
- Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Mo.
- N
- New York State Library, Albany, N. Y.
- NAuE
- Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Auburn, N. Y.
- NBLiHi
- Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.
- NBuG
- Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, New York
- NBuHi
- Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N. Y.
- NDry
- Southworth Library, Dryden, N. Y.
- NHi
- New-York Historical Society, New York City
- NIC
- Cornell University Library, Ithaca, N. Y.
- NN
- New York Public Library, New York City
- NNC
- Columbia University Library, New York City
- NNP
- Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City
- NRU
- University of Rochester Library, Rochester, N. Y.
- NSh
- John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor, N. Y.
- NSk
- Skaneateles Library Association, Skaneateles, N. Y.
- NWM
- U. S. Military Academy Library, West Point, N. Y.
- NbO
- Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Nebr.
- NcGu
- Guilford College Library, Guilford, N. C.
- NhExP
- Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H.
- NjP
- Princeton University Library, Princeton, N. J.
- OCHP
- Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio
- OClCS
- Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio
- OClWHi
- Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland. Ohio
- OFH
- Hayes Memorial Library, Fremont, Ohio
- OMC
- Marietta College Library, Marietta, Ohio
- ORB
- Oliver R. Barrett Collection, Chicago, Ill.*
- OSHi
- Clark County Historical Society, Springfield, Ohio
- OrHi
- Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Ore.
- PHC
- Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pa.
- PHi
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
- PMA
- Allegheny College Library, Meadville, Pa.
- PP
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
- PPDrop
- Dropsie College Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
- PSt
- Pennsylvania State College Library, State College, Pa.
- PU
- University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
- RPAB
- Annmary Brown Memorial Library, Providence, R. I.
- RPB
- Brown University Library, Providence, R. I.
- THaroL
- Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn.
- THi
- Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tenn.
- ViU
- University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
- VtU
- University of Vermont Library, Burlington, Vt.
- WBeloHi
- Beloit Historical Society, Beloit, Wis.
- WHi
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
- WvU
- West Virginia University Library, Morgantown, W. Va.
*After the Collected Works was in press, the collection of the late Oliver R. Barrett was sold at auction by Parke-Bernet Galleries (Catalog 1315) on February 19-20, 1952. It has been impossible to trace all new owners of the more than two hundred items, and impracticable to change the source citations for those which are known, but many of the more important items went to such well-known collections as those in the Library of Congress (Debates Scrapbook, purchased for the Alfred Whital Stern Collection) and Illinois State Historical Library (letters to Joshua F. Speed, etc.).