[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. STANTON EDWIN M. Autograph letter signed as Secretary of War, to Edwards Pierrepont. New York, 24 September 1867. 1 page, 8vo, integral leaf blank. An intriguing note: "It is our purpose to reach home [Washington, D.C.] this week, and we therefore shall not be able to accept your kind invitation to your country residence. There are many things to be talked of between us, but time and opportunity are not for the present under our control..." -- BRANDENBURG, CHARLES D. Autograph letter signed to MARY TODD LINCOLN'S CONFEDERATE SISTER, Emily Todd Helm. Baton Rouge, 28 June 1892. 2 pages, 4to, on lined stationery. Describing the exhuming of the body of Alexander H. Todd, killed at Baton Rouge, 4 August 1862: "We first found the ankle...I had the men continue towards the head & as it came from the ground I seen...the knee, hip, a few pieces of ribs, elbow, shoulder blade, his scalp come out in four pieces, his jaw bone showed but two front teeth left in it. I am satisfied that everything remaining in the grave of your long lost (but not forgotten) brother, is in this child's casket..." (2)