Authors

John Hay

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Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This handwritten letter, dated October 26, 1864, is from John Hay to Gardner Tufts. The subject of the letter is the president's order in the case of Alfred G. Laurence and for the recipient to expect to receive them when asked for. The letter is written on Executive Mansion stationary. This note was found tipped into volume one of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

10-26-1864

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

1860-1869

Subjects

Correspondence

Geographic Location

Washington, (D. C.)

Object Type

text

Format (original)

correspondence: 1 leaf

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V1_1864-10-26_Letter_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1, unnumbered pages after the title page

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

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.

Letter, John Hay to Gardner Tufts, dated  October 26, 1864,

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