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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Edict.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08091 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 14 April 1865 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 8.9 cm Order a Copy

Granting amnesty to a group of confederate prisoners provided they take oath (one of the last official acts before his assisination), under Andrew Johnson, ES,4/12/1865.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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