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- GLC#
- GLC04471.06-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 6 September 1862
- Author/Creator
- Seward, Frederick William, 1830-1915
- Title
- to Cephas Brainerd
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Encloses President Abraham Lincoln's appointment of Brainerd as Arbitrator for the United States for the suppression of the African slave trade (not present). Asks Brainerd to acknowledge receipt and supply his place of birth. Also encloses an official oath Brainerd needs to return if accepting the commission (not present). Signed as Assistant Secretary.
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