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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06553 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Lincoln endorsement on Edwin M. Stanton letter to Lincoln |
| Date | 25 August 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | Stanton, Edwin McMasters |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Stanton asks Lincoln to provide a citation to an Act of Congress that excluded improper applicants from seats in House of Representatives which Lincoln has mentioned to him previously. Lincoln's note on the verso gives the citation for the act and states he got the information from John Armor Bingham, a Representative from Ohio. The act referred to was "An Act to regulate the Duties of the Clerk of the House of Representatives in preparing for the Organization of the House," approved 3 March 1863. On War Department stationary. |
| Subjects | Civil War President Government and Civics Congress Lincoln's Cabinet Union Forces Confederate States of America Law |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Bingham, John Armor (1815-1900) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |