Abraham Lincoln, on this day in history, Nov. 21, 1864, supposedly sent sincerest condolences to Lydia Bixby, who allegedly lost five sons in the Civil War. The letter is not without controversy.

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A long-lost letter, written by Abraham Lincoln responding to accusations of getting in the way of a corruption investigation, is worth more than $80,000 – and it is now for sale.

A letter former president Abraham Lincoln sent days before Christmas sold at auction last week. Lincoln's 1863 letter asking the U.S. military to allow his wife's cousins to return peacefully to ...

More than 100 years after its disappearance, a missing letter written by Abraham Lincoln is donated to the National Archives by a private collector.

President Abraham Lincoln might win the prize for writing the most pleasant job recommendation letter ever. In May of 1863, Lincoln wrote to a board member of U.S. Trust asking if the bank would ...

Abraham Lincoln’s heartfelt letter to youngsters who asked him to free America’s “little slave children” was sold at auction Thursday for $3.4 million. The 1864 letter set a… ...

BOSTON -- A letter written by President Lincoln's assassin two months before the 1865 slaying sold at auction Sunday for a record $68,000. In the letter, dated Feb. 9, 1865, John Wilkes Booth asks ...

They include letters from Lincoln to his father and brother, dated Dec. 24, 1848, from Lincoln to General Grant, dated April 30, 1864, and a letter to Lincoln from Attorney General Austin A. King.