Letter : Kendall, Ill., to Abraham Lincoln, 1862 May 30.

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Letter : Kendall, Ill., to Abraham Lincoln, 1862 May 30.

Asks for appointment as chaplain in a Chicago army hospital or any other suitable post.

1 item (2 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175304

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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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...

Bassett, James, 1834-1906

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Presbyterian minister who served churches in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Knoxville and Englewood, Illinois, and Neenah, Wisconsin; U.S. Army chaplain, 1862-1863; missionary to Persia, 1871-1884; author and translator. From the description of Letter : Kendall, Ill., to Abraham Lincoln, 1862 May 30. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26962305 ...