Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Lincoln endorsement for release of Union prisoner of war]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02805 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 15 June 1864 Pagination: 1, 3 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Written on verso of a 28 April 1864 autograph letter signed from Missouri Representative Austin King. King seeks release for E. M. Brashear of Lafayette County, Missouri. Writes " While I know but little of this youth, I know his relations to be among the most respectable of my district. … I ask of you Mr President the discharge of Brashear, and I have such confidence in his sense of honor, and of the same in his relatives & friends who wish his discharge, that I feel that I risk nothing in vouching for his future fidelity to the Government." Lincoln orders that this man be allowed to take the oath of 8 December 1863 and released.
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