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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Simon Cameron

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08093 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 March 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 33 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Orders Secretary of War Cameron to send a naval expedition to resupply Fort Sumter. Indicates that specific instructions were in an attached memorandum (not included) and instructs Cameron to cooperate with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889

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