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Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 to Madam

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.12 Author/Creator: Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891 Place Written: Bangor, Maine Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 November 1886 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.3 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

Informs an unknown woman of the members of Lincoln's cabinet, noting who has died and where the remaining men are now living. Mentions William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Caleb B. Smith, Simon Cameron, Gideon Welles, and Montgomery Blair.

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
Smith, Caleb, 1786-1870
Blair, Montgomery, 1813-1883
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
President
Lincoln's Cabinet
Government and Civics
Death
Vice President
The Gilded Age

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