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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, President. Autograph note signed ("A.Lincoln") as President, to an unidentified recipient, [Washington, D.C.], 1 February 1865. 7 lines, plus signature and dateline, neatly inlaid to a larger sheet, soiled. [With:] Note written by General John A. Dix on verso of Lincoln's note.
LINCOLN PARDONS A UNION DESERTER
A note displaying President Lincoln's willingness to pardon offenders, even deserters: "Allow the bearer, William Peacock to enter any regiment having as much as two years to serve, and upon faithfully serving out his term in which he is pardoned for any desertions heretofore committed..." Basler, VIII:252-253. On the verso, General John A. Dix, commander of the Department of the East, directs Brigadier General Lewis Hunt, commander of troops in the city and harbor of New York, to "...execute the President's order..."
LINCOLN PARDONS A UNION DESERTER
A note displaying President Lincoln's willingness to pardon offenders, even deserters: "Allow the bearer, William Peacock to enter any regiment having as much as two years to serve, and upon faithfully serving out his term in which he is pardoned for any desertions heretofore committed..." Basler, VIII:252-253. On the verso, General John A. Dix, commander of the Department of the East, directs Brigadier General Lewis Hunt, commander of troops in the city and harbor of New York, to "...execute the President's order..."