Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidential note to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00206.01 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph note signed Date: July 1, 1862 Pagination: 1 note Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy
Note from Abraham Lincoln asking that Charles F. Johnson be given parole in Cleveland. Johnson is unidentified, but presumably from Senator Lazarus W. Powell's state, Kentucky. Accompanied by photograph (GLC00206.02) of Lincoln and Tad, reading (with tax stamp on back).
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