Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) The letters of President Lincoln on questions of national policy.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01969 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1863 Pagination: 24 p. ; 20 x 12 cm. Order a Copy
Reprint of six letters by Lincoln: June 13, 1863, to an Albany, New York Committee, discussing his interpretation of the writ of habeas corpus in the Vallandigham case; February 3, 1862 and October 13, 1862, to General George McClellan on the management of the war; August 22, 1862, to Horace Greeley concerning amnesty for southerners; August 7, 1863, to New York mayor Horatio Seymour regarding the New York City draft riots and the constitutionality of the Conscription Act; August 26, 1863, to the Springfield, Illinois and Syracuse Conventions, defending the Emancipation Proclamation. Handwritten on cover: "Gift of [H.?] [Miller ?]" Printed by Benjamin B. Russell. With advertisements inside front and back cover.
Vallandigham was an Ohio politician and opponent of Lincoln. He was active in the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret order in the North of Southern sympathizers. He was arrested by General Ambrose Burnside for his speeches and Lincoln banished him to the Confederacy. The Confederacy also rejected him because he objected to Jefferson Davis's war policies.
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