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To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: receipt for Ward's payment of $15.00 toward preliminary studies for a pedestal design to a Lincoln monument.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.293 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1867/06/24 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Pencil inscription in different hand reads: "All right - thanks!!" 2 cent stamp in center. Note: docket appears to be wrongly addressing contents of note.Docket reads: "M[illegible]. Architect, Shakespear [sic] Pedestal in C[entral]. Park

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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