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[1] ES, OCIWHi. According to the catalog description, this order was written by John Hay and signed by Lincoln on an appeal of Geary's mother, a widow from Richmond, Maine, that Thomas was only seventeen years of age.
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[1] ES, OCIWHi. According to the catalog description, this order was written by John Hay and signed by Lincoln on an appeal of Geary's mother, a widow from Richmond, Maine, that Thomas was only seventeen years of age.