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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
(1809 - 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States who led the Union through the Civil War and emancipated the slaves, assassinated. Cryptic initialed A.D.S. on small, beige card, in full: ""This is in fulfillment of a promise made before I talked with the Sec. of War yesterday. A.L. May 5, 1864"". Possibly related to a telegraph exchange between Sherman and Lincoln the previous day in which Lincoln' request of the use of railroads to supply food for civilians in Nashville was rebuffed by Sherman, who in turn placed the army's need for material over that of the public. Light soiling, very good.