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            <mods:title>Beesey, Isaac W. to President Lincoln. Petition for support by Isaac W. Beesey and Geo. W. Gompf, September 04, 1861</mods:title>
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            <mods:namePart>Beesey, Isaac W.</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Gompf, George W.</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">1809-1865</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:namePart>Cameron, Simon</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">1799-1889</mods:namePart>
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          <mods:genre authority="aat">letters (correspondence)</mods:genre>
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            <mods:extent>2 leaves; 25 cm.</mods:extent>
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          <mods:abstract>Lincoln endorses letter on behalf of banished armorers from Harper's Ferry, stating "If anything is due to these men, will the Sec. of War please put them in the way of getting it adjusted and paid". Dated Sept. 4, 1861.</mods:abstract>
          <mods:note>A.L.S.</mods:note>
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              <mods:namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</mods:namePart>
              <mods:namePart type="date">1809-1865</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:topic>Correspondence</mods:topic>
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            <mods:geographic>United States</mods:geographic>
            <mods:topic>History</mods:topic>
            <mods:temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</mods:temporal>
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          <mods:subject>
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              <mods:namePart>United States. Army</mods:namePart>
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            <mods:topic>History</mods:topic>
            <mods:temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</mods:temporal>
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          <mods:identifier displayLabel="Lincoln Document No." type="local">LA 1555</mods:identifier>
          <mods:identifier type="METSID">1212014516546875</mods:identifier>
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