September 25, 1863
Within is a claim1
for the price of 1100 bales of cotten, alledged to have been delivered to the
agents of the government & converted into money Will the Sec. of the Treasury
please examine the claim?
A. LINCOLN
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1 Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter
from Reverdy Johnson, September 19, 1863, enclosing a letter from Mrs. Mary
Duncan, “the Lady you honored with an interview yesterday,” relative to cotton
claimed by her husband.
SOURCE: Roy P.
Basler, Editor, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6, p. 481
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