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[1] DeRobigne Mortimer Bennett, The World's Sages, Infidels, and Thinkers (New York, 1876), p. 951. According to the source, Lincoln gave this communication to Ella E. Gibson (Mrs. Ella E. G. Hobart), ``ordained as a minister
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln8. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.
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by the Religio-Philosophical Society of St. Charles, Ill.'' Although she was ``unanimously elected Chaplain and the Colonel confirmed the election,'' Secretary Stanton ``declined to recognize the mustering on account of her sex, not wishing to establish a precedent.''