Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Pass to allow four orphaned children to go to their Kentucky relation
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01011.01 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note signed Date: December 7, 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 4.5 x 7.5 cm. Order a Copy
Allows three sisters and one brother, Sallie, Juliana, Eliza, and Dabney Overton to pass through the federal lines and go to their relative Grant Green in Henderson, Kentucky. Endorsement written diagonally over the pass states "Rec'd Vienna, Va., March 9 /65, Jno E. Wilford, Lt Col & US agent for Lex."
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