Papers, 1863 ; n.d.

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Papers, 1863 ; n.d.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27804826

The collection contains commission papers of James Davis, 1863, and signed by Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. Stanton. Also included is a newspaper photograph of physician T. Henry Davis of Richmond, Ind. How or if the two men are related is unknown.

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Indiana Historical Society Library

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Davis, James H., 1825-1863

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Davis, T. Henry, 1836-1932

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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...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...