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LINCOLN, Abraham. Two autograph endorsements signed, on the same sheet ("A. Lincoln"), 5 September 1864 and 7 September 1864. 1 page, oblong (8 x 6in).
LINCOLN ORDERS A FATHER AND SON TO BE PAROLED. The earlier of these two endorsements reads: "Let these men take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 and be discharged." Two days later, on 7 September 1864, the President adds this note: "I promised the father that upon making an affidavit such as the within, I would discharge his son as per above order. Let it be done." The surviving portion of the letter to which Lincoln is evidently a petition by the father of Dominick McCormick, who was being held prisoner in Elmira, New York. McCormick claims his son was a teamster in Virginia, and repeatedly expressed a desire to escape to Union lines at the first opportunity. "He came into Maryland in the last raid," his father writes, "as teamster, and took the first good opportunity to desert," but was taken into custody as a prisoner of war.
LINCOLN ORDERS A FATHER AND SON TO BE PAROLED. The earlier of these two endorsements reads: "Let these men take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 and be discharged." Two days later, on 7 September 1864, the President adds this note: "I promised the father that upon making an affidavit such as the within, I would discharge his son as per above order. Let it be done." The surviving portion of the letter to which Lincoln is evidently a petition by the father of Dominick McCormick, who was being held prisoner in Elmira, New York. McCormick claims his son was a teamster in Virginia, and repeatedly expressed a desire to escape to Union lines at the first opportunity. "He came into Maryland in the last raid," his father writes, "as teamster, and took the first good opportunity to desert," but was taken into custody as a prisoner of war.