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Collection Reference Number GLC02315
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1857 
Title Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates urging him to run for election for Illinois governor
Date 30 September 1857
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Recipient Yates, Richard  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Yates served as governor of Illinois during the Civil War. Basler 2: 424. Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. II 1848 - 1858, p. 424
Subjects Election  President  Politics  Government and Civics  
Place written Springfield, Illinois
Theme Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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