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Yates, Richard (1815-1873) [Certification of Illinois electors for U.S. President and Vice President]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08635 Author/Creator: Yates, Richard (1815-1873) Place Written: Springfield, Illinois Type: Printed document signed Date: December 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Yates as Governor of Illinois and countersigned by O.M. Hatch as Secretary of State. For the presidential election of 1864.

Yates, Richard, 1815-1873
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Hatch, O. M. (Ozias Mather), 1814-1893

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