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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[1] AES, RPB. See Lincoln to Hurlbut, December 17, 1863, supra. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Luckett's niece, Lizzie L. Rafter, Memphis, Tennessee, February 27, 1864, asking a pardon for her uncle.

On April 30, Henry F. Luckett wrote Lincoln:

``Since it has been by your grace that I have been delivered from the Lions Paw [?] and have been permitted to return home I deem it not only my duty but esteem it a great pleasure and privilege to express to you in this way (the best within my reach) my profound acknowledgements and sincere gratitude for the exercise of your Executive Clemency in releasing me from a condition the sufferings of which were more intolerable than death itself. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).