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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08008 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Address to Abraham Lincoln regarding Freedman's Aid |
| Date | 1 December 1863 |
| Recipient | Lincoln, Abraham |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Address to President Lincoln regarding the Freedman's Bureau, requesting that he create a Bureau of Emancipation to deal with the future employment and livelihoods of all the slaves emancipated by the advancing Union army. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Civil War Military History President African American History Slavery Freemen Charity and Philanthropy |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |