Letter : [Kansas], to My Father [Abraham Lincoln], [1864 Feb.?].

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Letter : [Kansas], to My Father [Abraham Lincoln], [1864 Feb.?].

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Feb.?, 1864, letter from Wanzopeah to President Abraham Lincoln, asking that a member of his tribe, Eli Jebo [i.e. Geboe], be discharged from the 12th Kansas Volunteers. On the verso is a Mar. 4., 1864, endorsement written, signed and dated by Abraham Lincoln, ordering the discharge.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 19 x 20 cm.

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