Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Joshua F. Speed re: asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04370 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1863/03/17 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy
A confidential letter. Guinnip had been accused of helping enslaved people seek refuge. Lincoln comments "I scarcely think he is guilty of any real crime."
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. VI 1862 - 1863,
p. 140.
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