Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to John Eaton
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05484 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: 10 February 1865 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 19.9 cm. Order a Copy
Lincoln instructs Eaton, Colonel of the 63rd U.S. Colored Infantry to "continue your supervision of Freedmen over the same territory & on the same principles as in the past ... " Signed and dated by Lincoln; the remaining text is in Eaton's hand. Embossment in the upper left corner.
Eaton served as chaplain to the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, colonel of the 63rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, and superintendent in charge of freedmen, based on Grant's appointment.
Col. Eaton:
You will continue your supervision of Freedmen over the same territory & on the same principles as in the past, making such improvements as experiences may suggest, until legislation shall require some farther change.
A. Lincoln
Feb. 10. 1865
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