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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) To: Joseph Barnes.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07963 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington D.C. [Executive Mansion] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1865/01/30 Pagination: 1p. + photo [vignette] 20.3 cm x 12.6 cm
vignette 15.1 cm x 10 cm
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Recommending a surgeon, Dr. Fohna, who "with his peculiar practise, would do much good among our wounded soldiers." Includes photograph [vignette] of President Lincoln and his son, Willie, looking at a book.

Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883
Fonha (doctor), fl. 1865
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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