Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 to John Eaton

GLC05484

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GLC#
GLC05484
Type
Letters
Date
February 10, 1865
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
to John Eaton
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

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.

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