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Order for Discharge of Thomas Rice and Reuben Turner1Jump to section
December 12, 1864
At the request of Hon. Mr. Randall of Ky, it is ordered that Thomas Rice prisoner of War at Rock-Island, and Reuben Turner, prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, be discharged, on taking the oath of Dec. 8. 1863. A. LINCOLN
Dec. 12. 1864
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[1] AES, IHi:. Although written at the request of Representative William H. Randall, Lincoln's endorsement appears on a letter from Daniel Breck, December 5, 1864, introducing ``my friend, Mr. Billingsley'' of Richmond, Kentucky.