Letter to Lincoln, 1863

Name/Title

Letter to Lincoln, 1863

Entry/Object ID

2018.267.037

Scope and Content

Copy of a letter written by Ruth C. Peck to President Abraham Lincoln in November 1863. She is appealing to Lincoln to discharge her son, as she cannot afford to have him gone to war and not at home helping her to make money and take care of his invalid sister. Also included are the notes of the various men who passed the letter up to President Lincoln.

Collection

Manuscript