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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, to the Secretary of the Treasury, Salmon P. Chase, n.p. [Washington, D.C.], 28 October 1864. Four lines plus signature and date-line on a small oblong card, 48 x 80mm. (1 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.), verso with traces of former mounting.
Lincoln writes to Chase: "Hon. Sec. of Treasury please see and hear this lady, who has lost a son in our service A. Lincoln." The berieved mother's inquiry may have concerned army pay still owed her son, or the payment of his pension.
Lincoln writes to Chase: "Hon. Sec. of Treasury please see and hear this lady, who has lost a son in our service A. Lincoln." The berieved mother's inquiry may have concerned army pay still owed her son, or the payment of his pension.