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Unknown The Retirement of General Scott

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.179 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 31 October 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 50 x 5.8 cm. Order a Copy

Reprints Scott's letter of resignation to Simon Cameron, Lincoln's address acknowledging the resignation, Scott's reply to Lincoln, and Cameron's letter to Scott.

Van Nuys, Samuel Watson, 1841-1864

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