Letter, March 28, 1865.

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Letter, March 28, 1865.

Letter written from Washington, DC to Thurlow Weed discussing patronage possibilities and Ulysses S. Grant's prediction that Robert E. Lee would soon evacuate Richmond, Virginia.

3 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7774691

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Webster, E. D. (Erastus D.), ca. 1827-fl. 1871.

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Pre-Civil War Republican newspaper editor in Nebraska, state department clerk and private secretary to Secretary of State William H. Seward, deputy surveyor of New York custom house. From the description of Letter, March 28, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 59284100 ...