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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to John Eaton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05484 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 10 February 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Lincoln instructs Eaton, Colonel of the 63rd U.S. Colored Infantry to "continue your supervision of Freedmen over the same territory & on the same principles as in the past ... " Signed and dated by Lincoln; the remaining text is in Eaton's hand. Embossment in the upper left corner.

Eaton, John, 1829-1906
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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