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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Edwin McMasters Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00602 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph note signed Date: May 12, 1863 Pagination: 1 card ; 5.2 x 8.6 cm. Order a Copy

On a small card, President Lincoln requests that Stanton, Secretary of War, "see Mr. Dole & others, about the first colored regiment. Please do the best for them you can." Location inferred from outside sources.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Dole, William P., 1818-1889

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