Image: Lincoln letter of introduction for Louis McLane Hamilton 1862
Description: Letter from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, dated August 18, 1862. Letter on behalf of Louis McLane Hamilton, descendant of Alexander Hamilton, who was then serving as a private, recommending him for a commission as a lieutenant in the regular army.
Title: Lincoln letter of introduction for Louis McLane Hamilton 1862
Credit: https://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/church/images/AL818621.jpg (image archived here) See also: Papers of Angelica Schuyler Church, Accession #11245, 11245-a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va. (archived here) Digital exhibition page at "The Church Legacy" (archived here)
Author: Abraham Lincoln
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