Note from Abraham Lincoln to Edwin Stanton

Creator:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (creator)

Name:

Scovel, James Matlock, 1833-1904; Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

Date:

1865-03-02

Description:

Small note in Lincoln's hand asking Stanton to exempt New Jersey state senator James M. Scovel from the draft. (Formerly Block/Linc. Ms. 3)

Language:

English

Subject:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Draft -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Lincoln, Abraham -- 1809-1865 -- Correspondence

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Geographic Subject:

United States -- District of Columbia

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

See full finding aid at: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PUSpMsColl941

Physical Location:

Ms. Coll. 941, Box 1, Folder 20

Collection:

Gordon Block Collection of Lincolniana, 1760-1963