Letter, Feb. 4, 1861.

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Letter, Feb. 4, 1861.

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Signed letter to George S. Boutwell confirming Boutwell as a Massachusetts delegate to the Convention (peace convention).

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Peace Convention (1861 : Washington, D.C.)

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Tyler, John, 1790-1862

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John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790, Charles City County, Virginia–d. January 18, 1862, Richmond, Virginia), was the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845) and the first to succeed to the office following the death of President William Henry Harrison....

Boutwell, George S. (George Sewall), 1818-1905

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George Sewall Boutwell (1818-1905) was an active political figure and lawyer all his life. Initially a Democrate, his antislavery leanings made him a prominent Free Soiler who was elected Governor and susequently reelected by the dominant Massachusetts Free Soil coalition in 1851-1852. He became a lawyer and founder of the Massachusetts Republican Party, later being a Radical Republican in Congress and among the most forecful opponents of President Andrew Johnson. Boutwell served as Secretary of...