19 August 1863
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Benjamin B. French
Reports the results of a meeting with Secretary of War Stanton, "who...will return to the Trustees their own building now in control of the Surgeon General." Lincoln is referring to a Washington, D.C. school house that the War Department took control of to convert into a Medical Museum. Written on Executive Mansion stationary.
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