BIB_ID
120868
Accession number
MA 810.9
Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Display Date
1863 Sept. 11.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm
Notes
Marked "Private" at top of page.
On "Executive Mansion" letterhead stationery.
This item is part of a collection of letters and legal documents of Abraham Lincoln; see main record for MA 810 for more information.
On "Executive Mansion" letterhead stationery.
This item is part of a collection of letters and legal documents of Abraham Lincoln; see main record for MA 810 for more information.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from Mrs. Langdon, 1908.
Summary
Encouraging him to make haste in "reinaugurating a loyal state government" now that Tennessee is "clear of armed insurrectionists"; reminding him of the impending presidential election, and noting that "it can not be known who is next to occupy the position I now hold, nor what he will do"; telling him that he should try to "get emancipation into [his] new state government constitution"; reiterating his support for "the raising of colored troops."
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