Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to Joshua F. Speed re: asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville

GLC04370

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GLC#
GLC04370
Type
Letters
Date
1863/03/17
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
to Joshua F. Speed re: asking Speed to help Lyman Guinnip in Louisville
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 12.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A confidential letter. Guinnip had been accused of helping enslaved people seek refuge. Lincoln comments "I scarcely think he is guilty of any real crime."

Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. VI 1862 - 1863,
p. 140.

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