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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To Mrs. Field1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Mrs. Field Washington, May 31, 1864.

Mr. Sedgwick informs me that you desire an autograph of mine, to finish a collection for the Sanitary Fair. It gives me great pleasure to comply with your request. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, PHi. Charles B. Sedgwick wrote Nicolay on May 31, 1864: ``I enclose a note received by me from Mrs. Field of Phila. a daughter of the late Judge Peters. She desires as you will see an autograph of the President to be sold with others at their Fair which opens tomorrow. If the President will thus favor the ladies of Phila. please enclose to me & I will forward to Mrs. F.'' (DLC-RTL). Mrs. Field has not been further identified. The collection of autographs of the presidents had been donated to the Fair by F. J. Dreer.

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