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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Appointment of Cephas Brainerd, interim arbitrator (c/s Seward)]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00457 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 06 September 1862 Pagination: 1 sheet Height: 38.9 cm, Width: 49 cm Order a Copy

Partly printed document, countersigned by William H. Seward, appointing Cephas Brainerd interim arbiter for the Treaty with Britain suppressing the slave trade. Docketed. With white paper seal. Watermark: Wilcox|Philadelphia.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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