Title

Soldier's Discharge from the Black Hawk War, Signed by Abraham Lincoln, September 21, 1832

Authors

Files

Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This is a facsimile of a soldier's discharge from the Black Hawk War, signed by the captain, Abraham Lincoln. The discharge is for Lewis Homer [?] who served as a private in the Company of Mounted Volunteers. Homer was enrolled on April 21, 1832 and honorably discharged on June 7, 1832 after serving 48 days. The title of the figure describes what it is and explains that it was in possession of O. H. Oldroyd, Springfield, Illinois. The discharge appears on page 92 of volume one of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1890

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Black Hawk War, 1832; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Object Type

text

Format (original)

document

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V1_document-p92_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1, page 92

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

E457 .N653 2011 V.1, page 92, Original Documents and Original photographs in Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln , Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries