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Thomas W. Sweeney Washington, D.C.,
Continental. Oct. 16 1863
Continental. Oct. 16 1863
Philadelphia.
Tad is teasing me to have you forward his pistol to him.
A. LINCOLN
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.
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Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. See Lincoln's telegram to Mrs. Lincoln, June 9, supra. Thomas W. Sweney, assessor of Internal Revenue at Philadelphia, was apparently a particular friend of young ``Tad'' Lincoln and purveyed to him playthings of various sorts.