Record ID:
120868
Accession number:
MA 810.9
Credit:
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.
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."
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan from Mrs. Langdon, 1908.
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