BIB_ID
120873
Accession number
MA 6027
Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1862 March 24.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 25 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Marked "Private."
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Executive Mansion, / Washington."
Docketed in ink on verso.
"L 3033.1" written in pencil on verso.
Written on letterhead stationery printed "Executive Mansion, / Washington."
Docketed in ink on verso.
"L 3033.1" written in pencil on verso.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Discusses his previous special message and emphasizes that the North should persuade the South, not menace it; stating that while he is in favor of abolition, he prefers abolition in the District of Columbia gradually, with compensation, and the vote of the people.
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