Letter : Boston, to Abraham Lincoln, [Washington, D.C.], 1864 Sept. 17.

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Letter : Boston, to Abraham Lincoln, [Washington, D.C.], 1864 Sept. 17.

Autograph letter signed. Isaac Frank requests the discharge of his son, Myer Frank, a minor enlisted in the Navy without parental consent, and stationed aboard the gunboat Fawn at Cairo, Illinois. Endorsed (1864 Sept. 19) by John G. Nicolay, private secretary to the president, for referral to the Secretary of the Navy.

1 item (3 p.) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7649958

University of Chicago Library

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