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

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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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To Montgomery Blair1Jump to section

Post-Master-General Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, March 21, 1864.

These young ladies, Miss Dugger and Miss Beattie, are from Illinois, & want employment. They are loyal and worthy, and I

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shall be very glad indeed if places can be found for them. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1]   ALS, owned by Richard F. Lufkin, Boston, Massachusetts. Miss Susan Dugger of Carlinville, Illinois, was given a job in the Post Office Department and later transferred to the Treasury Department, but no record of Miss Beattie's employment has been found.

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