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Abraham Lincoln Content Letter from April 1865

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Abraham Lincoln Content Letter from April 1865
<B>Abraham Lincoln Content Soldier Letter from the Office of the Provost Marshal</B></I> at Norfolk, Virginia dated April 20, 1865. Two pages, lined Provost Marshal letterhead, from "<I>H. W. M.</B></I>" to "<I>Friend Mary</B></I>". A very interesting letter written just days after the assassination of Lincoln. In part, as written: "<I>...our news from Sherman seems very encouraging, and I think ere many months have elapsed I shall find myself far away in the north...The latest accounts from the north do not show the arrest of J. Welks Booth- who assainated the President it seems to me that he must have a great many friends or he could not manage to excape detection- this is surely the most accursed thing that ever happened...Altho I myself at one time greatly opposed the president as I did not think him fast enough- and I still think if he had procicuted the war more vigorously it would have saved some blood shed and perhaps his. I think if in 62 he had put a million men in the field enstead of five hundred thousand that it would have been far better...without a doubt- done better than any other man would have or could done...I think President Johnsons policy is the thing for the times...</B></I>" He goes on to discuss his feelings on traitors and treason and some personal matters including a flood in the Susquehanna Valley, apparently the location of his correspondent. There is a 3-cent stamp affixed to the lower right of the verso. Condition is fine- writing is dark and legible with some scattered staining.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Small Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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