Manuscripts
Abraham Lincoln, drafts of a bill for compensated emancipation in Delaware
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Abraham Lincoln, drafts of a bill for compensated emancipation in Delaware
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript. Page docketed 1 (HM 3188), page docketed 2 (HM 3187), page beginning "On reflection..." (HM 3186). (4 pages)
HM 3186, HM 3187, HM 3188
George P. Fisher, Milford, Delaware, letter to G. Grosvenor Dawe
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Regarding manuscripts and history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-HM 3189) and requests copy of the bill. Includes envelope.
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Draft of an act for the gradual emancipation of slaves in the state of Delaware with just compensation to their owners
Manuscripts
Autograph draft (not in Lincoln's hand).
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George P. Fisher, Milford, Delaware, letter to G. Grosvenor Dawes
Manuscripts
Autograph letter signed. Regarding manuscripts and history of Lincoln's plan for compensated emancipation (see HM 3186-HM 3189) and requests copy of the bill. Includes envelope. (2 pages)
HM 25281
Dennis F. Hanks biographical sketch of Abraham Lincoln's childhood
Manuscripts
Autograph manuscript signed. Note by Lincoln's cousin, beginning "This Biographical Sketch is written by request of an old friend." With cabinet card photograph of Hanks, 1891.
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