Details
LINCOLN, Abraham, President. Autograph letter signed ("A. Lincoln") as President to Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 29 June 1864. 1 page, 8vo, counter-endorsement below Lincoln's signature, slight fold separation, otherwise fine.
LINCOLN GRANTS A CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE TO A CONFEDERATE
The President writes to the Sec. of War: "Please discharge on his taking the oath, the one prisoner of war, whom Mr. [Eben C.] Ingersoll will name, for that purpose." Beneath this text, Mr. Ingersoll has written: "The man whom I name is 'Morris Fricks.' Known on the roll of the Com Genl. of Prisoners if I mistake not as 'David Stocionski' now at Rock Island, Ill." On the verso is the endorsement of Stanton: "Respectfully referred to the 'Adj. Genl' to execute the orders of the President. By order of the Sec. of War. July 1/64."
Rock Island Federal prison, built in 1863 on an island in the Mississippi near Rock Island, Ill, was enclosed by a high fence and held between 5,000 to 8,000 prisoners throughout the war. Lincoln had issued his well-known Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction on 8 December 1863, offering pardons to Confederates who took a prescribed oath to support the Constitution and not to take arms against the Federal government.
LINCOLN GRANTS A CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE TO A CONFEDERATE
The President writes to the Sec. of War: "Please discharge on his taking the oath, the one prisoner of war, whom Mr. [Eben C.] Ingersoll will name, for that purpose." Beneath this text, Mr. Ingersoll has written: "The man whom I name is 'Morris Fricks.' Known on the roll of the Com Genl. of Prisoners if I mistake not as 'David Stocionski' now at Rock Island, Ill." On the verso is the endorsement of Stanton: "Respectfully referred to the 'Adj. Genl' to execute the orders of the President. By order of the Sec. of War. July 1/64."
Rock Island Federal prison, built in 1863 on an island in the Mississippi near Rock Island, Ill, was enclosed by a high fence and held between 5,000 to 8,000 prisoners throughout the war. Lincoln had issued his well-known Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction on 8 December 1863, offering pardons to Confederates who took a prescribed oath to support the Constitution and not to take arms against the Federal government.