Manuscripts

John B. Montgomery, Washington, D.C., telegram to Gideon Welles

Description: Telegram draft signed. Regarding the removal of the remains of John Wilkes Booth. (1 page)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1865 April 27
Call number: HM 25253
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Lambert Lincolniana collection, January and April 1914.; Purchased from Judd Stewart, 1922.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Lambert Civil War collection, March 1914.; Purchased from Anderson Galleries, Mark P. Robinson collection, February-March 1918.

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