Letters: Washington, D.C., to Joseph Barber, Richview, Illinois, 1862 June 24, 1864 March 12.

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Letters: Washington, D.C., to Joseph Barber, Richview, Illinois, 1862 June 24, 1864 March 12.

Letters to brother Joseph Barber discuss the defeat of the 1862 Illinois Constitution, the abolition of slavery, President Abraham Lincoln and his possibly issuing a general emancipation proclamation.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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