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Civil War-dated partial autograph letter from President Abraham Lincoln, unsigned, one page, 4.75 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, October 31, 1863. Addressed to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, the handwritten letter reads: “The bearer of this, L. B. Goggin, resides in Kentucky and is well vouched as an unconditional Union man. He also is brother of W. L. Goggin of Va. whom I know, and whose honor I would take to any extent he would pledge it. Please see him and allow him to bring away from Va. a widowed daughter, whom, he expects to meet at City Point.” Impressively cloth-matted and framed with a large print of Alexander Gardner's iconic 'Gettysburg' portrait of President Lincoln to an overall size of 17 x 31.75. In fine condition. William L. Goggin, a Whig politician and lawyer from Virginia, had served in Congress with Lincoln from 1847 to 1849. During the war, Goggin became captain of Home Guards for the Confederate Army.
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