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Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) to Henry C. Rives

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05603.01.11 Author/Creator: Hamlin, Hannibal (1809-1891) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph note signed Date: 29 June 1875 Pagination: 1 p. 9.5 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

States that he does not have an autograph of the late President Lincoln that he can send.

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891
Rives, Henry C., fl. 1875

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