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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.048 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | Abraham Lincoln to Ward H. Lamon refusing a request for a new case |
| Date | 7 January 1860 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Lamon, Ward H. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Refuses Lamon's request for him to take on a new case at Bloomington, because he is "so pressed" in Springfield at the time. |
| Subjects | President Law |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Springfield, Illinois |
| Theme | The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Notes: Not in Basler. Lamon was a friend and fellow attorney of Lincoln in Illinois. Basler notes (2: 210n) that the two men established a law office together in Danville, Illinois and "were in partnership to some extent." Lincoln appointed Lamon Marshall of the District of Columbia in April 1861 (4: 319), and later invited Lamon to preside as Marshall at the Gettysburg ceremony (7: 7). |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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