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- GLC#
- GLC06678
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 June 1863
- Author/Creator
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Title
- to Edwin McMasters Stanton
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
President Lincoln states that Judge William Darrah Kelley, a United States Representative from Pennsylvania, is attempting to raise African American regiments in Philadelphia. Informs Stanton, Secretary of War, that Milton [M. Herpert?] is a friend of Kelley and a Private in the 112th Regiment from Pennsylvania. States that Herpert wishes to serve as lieutenant of one of the African American regiments. Reports that if Kelley agrees of Herpert's appointment as lieutenant, Lincoln also approves. States that Herpert needs Stanton's approval to carry a letter to Kelley discussing this appointment. Written on Executive Mansion stationery.
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