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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00206.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Presidential note to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton asking that Charles F. Johnson be paroled |
| Date | 1 July 1862 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Legal document |
| Content Description | Note from Abraham Lincoln asking that Charles F. Johnson be given parole in Cleveland. Johnson is unidentified, but presumably from Senator Lazarus W. Powell's state, Kentucky. Accompanied by photograph (GLC00206.02) of Lincoln and Tad, reading (with tax stamp on back). Printed Basler 5: 300, quoting Parke-Bernet catalog 905 of 1947. |
| Subjects | President Civil War Military History Prisoner of War Confederate States of America |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Notes: Basler 5: 300, basing the text on a Parke-Bernet catalog. Basler notes that "Johnson has not been further identified, but he was presumably from Senator Lazarus W. Powell's state, Kentucky." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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