ALS : Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Dec. 19.

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ALS : Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Dec. 19.

Asks that George N. Heard, who had been forced into the Confederate Army but whose family and friends were in Pennsylvania, be released from Fort Delaware prison. With an autograph endorsement by Lincoln, 20 December, directing that Heard be discharged on taking a loyalty oath.

2 items (2 p.) ; 25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6714354

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Heard, George N., fl. 1854-1864

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Hale, James Tracy, 1810-1865

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Member of Congress from Pennsylvania. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Dec. 19. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442768 ...