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Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 to Sam Chapman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.25 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S., 1833-1916 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1909/02/10 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

article about Lincoln in Cosmopolitan: "It is the best thing I have seen about Lincoln & confirms what I wrote you that Lincoln offered to the South compensation of their slaves when the Confederacy was in its last gasp & even then we rejected it."

Chapman, Samuel Forrer, 1838-1919
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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