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Dr. Brown, the embalmer, who has so long gone with our Armies, says he is now prevented in consequence of the loss of a
paper. I suppose he should be given another, unless there be some reason to the contrary unknown to me. Yours truly A. LINCOLN
[1] Tracy, pp. 231-32. No further reference has been found. Charles D. Brown was the embalmer who prepared ``Willie'' Lincoln for burial, in February, 1862, and, in 1865, Abraham Lincoln.