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English: Huber's Museum facsimile of Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby. Varies slightly from the original text published in Boston newspapers in 1864.
Date November 21, 1864 (original letter), 1891 (original facsimile)
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This image from the American Memory Collections is available from the United States Library of Congress's Rare Book and Special Collections Division
under the digital ID lprbscsm.scsm0360.
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Author Abraham Lincoln (text), Michael F. Tobin (original facsimile), Huber's Museum (this copy of the facsimile)

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