P. D. Gurley correspondence, 1865.

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P. D. Gurley correspondence, 1865.

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ALS (1865 May 22; Washington, D.C.) from Gurley to E. Darwin Brooks of Potsdam, N.Y., concerning the death and burial of Abraham Lincoln, the attitude of the people of Springfield, Ill., toward Mary Todd Lincoln, and the trial of the Lincoln assassination conspirators. Includes stamped envelope.

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