Letter, 1863 January 29, Philadelphia, Penn., to Abraham Lincoln.

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Letter, 1863 January 29, Philadelphia, Penn., to Abraham Lincoln.

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Recommends Louis H. Carpenter for a colonelcy of a black regiment because he will effectually and wisely reach the slave with Lincoln's proclamation and will enlist him in the service.

3 p. ; 22 x 14 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Carpenter, Louis Henry, 1839-1916

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Plumly, Benjamin Rush, 1816-1887.

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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...