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Collection Reference Number GLC07924
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Anson Burlingame, authorizing him to negotiate with the Chinese government
Date 23 February 1864
Author Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Recipient Burlingame, Anson  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Authorizing Anson Burlingame to negotiate with the Chinese Government to modify a treaty article.
Subjects President  Asia  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Treaty  Diplomacy  Government and Civics  
People Burlingame, Anson (1820-1870)  Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The American Civil War; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945