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Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880 to Senor Abraham L. Dovale

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08450 Author/Creator: Foster, Lafayette Sabine, 1806-1880 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Letter signed Date: 5 May 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Co-signed by Schuyler Colfax as Speaker of the House. Invitation to a memorial ceremony for Abraham Lincoln to be held at the Hall of the House.

Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Dovale, Abraham L., fl. 1866
Foster, Lafayette S. (Lafayette Sabine), 1806-1880
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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