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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Endorsement by Abraham Lincoln and Winfield Scott]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00337.02 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 22 October 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Lincoln requests that Lieutenant General Scott see James Woodruff of the Ordnance Office to consider whether to purchase the guns proposed in the letter from Woodruff to J. W. Ripley in GLC 337.01. Scott signs that he agrees with Brigadier General Ripley's decision on the subject, namely, that the guns should not be acquired.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Ripley, James W. (James Wolfe), 1794-1870
Woodruff, James, 1821-?

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