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1855 US Bounty Land Grant 160 acres in Michigan SIGNED BY LINCOLN'S SECRETARY

1864réf. xxx006Washington D. C.: Office of the President 1864. Soft cover. Very Good. We are offering an elegant US Bounty Land Grant document signed September 15 1864 transferring 160 acres of land near Marquette Michigan. Custom matted and frame under glass. Frame size 17 ¼" x 23 ½". Document size inside mat 9 ½" x 15 ½". Originally the land was assigned one Elizabeth Wyant for her deceased husband's service in the War of 1812. His name was John Wyant and he was a Private in "Captain Parker's Company Indiana Militia. The certificate indicates that the land was being transferred through Lewis Howes and Elijah Copeland to Leander C. Palmer "in whose favor said tract has been located." The document is signed in behalf of President Lincoln by Edw D. Neill. The recorder N or M Granger further signed it. A fabulous showy piece. Folded once. Fine condition. Note photos taken through glass with some reflection and alteration of light and sharpness. The nice looking certificates are becoming more uncommon. $500 The Act of March 3 1855 was the most generous US military bounty land law. It awarded 160 acres to all veterans and their widows or minor children who served at least 14 days in any US war or conflict since 1790 including the War of 1812 Mexican War and various Indian Wars. Millions of acres in the public domain were given away under this and previous mid-century acts. The process and history of these warrants are highly specific: . How it Worked: Veterans or their heirs applied at local county courthouses. Upon approval the government issued a Bounty Land Warrant. Because warrants could be sold the vast majority of recipients sold them for cash to third-party land speculators rather than settling the land themselves. . Who was Eligible: Eligibility included Regular Army Navy Marine Corps and volunteer militias. For the first time under the 1855 Act even veterans of the American Revolution or their surviving heirs could qualify provided they served in a capacity that hadn't previously granted them land. . Records Available: Bounty-land files provide a wealth of genealogical and historical information. These application files contain proof of service affidavits ages places of residence and sometimes even family Bible pages marriage certificates or heirs' identities. Bounty-Land Warrants for Military Service 1775-1855 From 1775 to 1855 the United States granted bounty-land warrants for military service primarily to encourage volunteer enlistments but also to reward veterans for service during the Revolutionary War the War of 1812 the Mexican War and a variety of Indian wars Indian removals and other military actions during the 1850s. Early warrants could only be used in military districts principally in Ohio and several other public land states in the former Northwest Territory. Eventually Congress expanded eligibility to include service in the Regular Army and the Navy as well as volunteer militias. Bounty-land warrant files can contain supporting documents such as statements and signatures of witnesses. Bounty-land warrants generally do not contain as much personal information as the pensions. The Government ceased issuing bounty-land-warrants after 1855. -National Archives and Records Administration. Edward Duffield Neill 1823-1893 served as an assistant private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln from 1864 until Lincoln's assassination in 1865. An ordained Presbyterian minister chaplain and historian Neill took over land patent duties from William Stoddard and remained on the White House staff briefly into Andrew Johnson's presidency. Office of the President unknown

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1864 Campaign Blames McClellan’s Failures on Lincoln Comparing the President’s Treatment of McClellan and Grant

1864réf. 24901.02"with the same determination to divide the country unless they can secure universal abolition we are exposed to the same dangers every day and God only knows in what unlucky hour our ruin may be consummated. Compare his policy with McClellan's expression of readiness to receive any State when its people offer to submit to the Union." This Democratic Party campaign pamphlet quotes an April 1864 letter to argue that Lincoln gave Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant free rein to conduct the war after having interfered with and micromanaged McClellan's Peninsula Campaign in 1862. The publication also declared that Republicans were stained with "The Taint of Disunion" and quoted from Republican speeches and editorials to insist that the Democrats were the party of "UNION AND PEACE." ABRAHAM LINCOLN.Printed Document. Democrat Campaign "Document No. 12" with headings "Lincoln's Treatment of Gen. Grant" "Mr. Lincoln's Treatment of Gen. McClellan" and "The Taint of Disunion." New York 1864. 8 pp. 5¾ x 8â… in. Excerpts: Lincoln to Grant April 30 1864 "I wish to express in this way my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know. You are vigilant and self-reliant; and pleased with this I wish not to obtrude any restrains or constraints upon you while I am very anxious that any real disaster or capture of our men in great numbers be avoided." p1/c1 "Such in brief are some of the most notable instances in which Mr. Lincoln interfered with General McClellan when he occupied a position similar to that held by General Grant. They reflect so severely upon the President that no attempt to gloss them over by his apparent subsequent repentance can disabuse the patriotic portion of the nation of the matured conviction that he is to be held responsible for the lack of decisive victories in Eastern Virginia. The blame must and will rest upon him to whom it belongs." p5/c2 "Having shown by copious extracts from the speeches of Abraham Lincoln W. H. Seward Wendell Phillips Wm. Lloyd Garrison and from the editorial writings of the Chicago Tribune and the N. Y. Tribune… that they were all original secessionists and disunion men we propose now to give the evidence that Mr. Lincoln himself has within the last three months been concerned in a movement to make peace with Jeff. Davis on terms involving the direct proposal to divide the Union and let the South go." p7/c2-p8/c1 "with the same determination to divide the country unless they can secure universal abolition we are exposed to the same dangers every day and God only knows in what unlucky hour our ruin may be consummated. Mark how Mr. Lincoln constantly keeps up the idea of negotiating only with Jefferson Davis. Why does he never address himself to the people or the States of the South. Compare his policy with McClellan's expression of readiness to receive any State when its people offer to submit to the Union." p8/c2 Historical Background The 1864 presidential election pitted President Lincoln against his Democratic challenger General George B. McClellan. Although McClellan had been the commander of the Army of the Potomac and general-in-chief of the Union Army the Peace platform adopted by the Democratic National Convention in Chicago declared the war a failure. The party was bitterly divided between War Democrats who favored continuing the war to restore the Union while leaving slavery alone; moderate Peace Democrats who favored an armistice and a negotiated peace that would likely protect slavery in a reconstructed union and radical Peace Democrats who favored an immediate end to the war without securing Union victory. McClellan was a War Democrat but the platform was written by radical Peace Democrat Clement Vallandigham and Peace Democrat George H. Pendleton was nominated for vice president. In 1864 Republicans created the National Union Party to attract War Democrats Unconditional Unionists and Unionist Party members who would not vote for the Republican Party though most state Republican parties did not change their name. President Abraham Lincoln won the nomination of the "National Union Party" at its Baltimore convention and won re-election with new running mate War Democrat Andrew Johnson. Although Lincoln was convinced by August 1864 that he would not be reelected General William T. Sherman's capture of Atlanta in early September and General Philip Sheridan's successes in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia from August to October ensured his victory. Without the participation of the seceded states Lincoln and Johnson won 55 percent of the popular vote and an overwhelming 212-to-21 victory in the Electoral College. McClellan and Pendleton carried only Kentucky Delaware and McClellan's home state of New Jersey.