Letter : Chicago, to J[osiah] G[ilbert] Holland, n.p., 1865 June 6.

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Letter : Chicago, to J[osiah] G[ilbert] Holland, n.p., 1865 June 6.

Autograph letter signed. Relates to a biography that Holland intends to write about Abraham Lincoln. Robert Todd Lincoln refers to Anson G. Henry, Joshua F. Speed, and William H. Herndon.

Copies: 2 photostats (8 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7665807

University of Chicago Library

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