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Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 to Edwin M. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07091 Author/Creator: Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1862 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.2 x 17 cm. Order a Copy

Discussing Mary Todd Lincoln's influence in military matters. Says that others have "asserted that Mrs Lincoln was one of the parties whose influence had operated on me." Also praises some of Stanton's early changes in dispositions of troops. Marked "Private."

Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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