Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Endorsement Concerning A. Z. Boyer1Jump to section

Let A. Z. Boyer, named within, take the oath of December 8th. 1863, upon doing which he is pardoned and to be discharged.

Jan. 18. 1864 A. LINCOLN

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[1] AES, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, MM 1027. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the court-martial record of A. Z. Boyer, Company C, Second Kentucky Cavalry, CSA, sentenced to be hanged as a spy. Letters from James Speed, January 12, and Brutus J. Clay, January 14, 1864, requested Lincoln's favorable consideration of the case (DLC-RTL). AGO Special Orders No. 45, January 29, 1864, directed Boyer's discharge from custody.

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