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National Union Free Convention President Lincoln and General Grant on Peace and War.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00702 Author/Creator: National Union Free Convention Place Written: New York, New York Type: Broadside Date: [1864] Pagination: 1 p. ; 28 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Promotes the Union cause. Reprints an interview with Lincoln titled "Mr. Lincoln's view of Democratic strategy," and a letter of General Grant dated 16 August 1864 to E.B. Washburne. Grant's letter informs that the Confederacy is very weak and losing men each day. Also printed is the verses to a song, "On the Chicago Surrender." Same broadside as GLC05556.

National Union Free Convention
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Washburne, E. B. (Elihu Benjamin), 1816-1887

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