Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Mrs. Hutter, Misses Lager, and Miss Claghorn1Jump to section

Executive Mansion, Washington, August 10, 1863.

Permit me to return my grateful acknowledgements to the fair manufacturer and generous donors of the beautiful present which accompanies their note of the 20th July. If anything could enhance to me the value of this representation of our national ensign. so elegantly executed and so gracefully bestowed, it would be the consideration that its price has been devoted to the comfort and restoration of those heroic men, who have suffered and bled in our flag's defense. We never should, and I am sure, never shall be niggard of gratitude and benefaction to the soldiers who have endured

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toil, privations and wounds, that the nation may live. Yours very truly A. LINCOLN.

To Mrs Hutter

Misses Lager

Miss Claghorn

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[1] LS,The Rosenbach Company, Philadelphia and New York; Df, DLC-RTL. The lower left-hand corner of the letter bearing the names of the persons addressed has been torn away, but the draft preserves the names. Both draft and letter are in John Hay's handwriting. The letter of July 20 accompanying the present has not been located. Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hutter was president of the Northern Home for Friendless Children and Associated Institute for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans, at Philadelphia. Mrs. John W. and James L. Claghorn were members of the board of directors. The ``Misses Lager'' have not been identified.

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