Annual message to Congress : MsS, 1864 Dec. 6, Washington, D.C.

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Annual message to Congress : MsS, 1864 Dec. 6, Washington, D.C.

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Manuscript, in the hands of three different clerks, of Lincoln's last presidential message to Congress, signed and dated by Lincoln. Topics discussed include foreign relations, the election of 1864, financial affairs, settlement of the West, and a review of the Civil War.

1 item (60 l.) in case ; 34 cm.

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