Name/Title
Letter to Lincoln, 1863Entry/Object ID
2018.267.037Scope 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