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            <mods:title>Beecher, William H. to A. Lincoln</mods:title>
            <mods:subTitle>March 31, 1864</mods:subTitle>
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            <mods:namePart>Beecher, William Henry</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>Stanton, Edwin McMasters</mods:namePart>
            <mods:namePart type="date">1814-1869</mods:namePart>
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              <mods:placeTerm type="text">North Brookfield, Mass.</mods:placeTerm>
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            <mods:extent>2 leaves; 25 cm.</mods:extent>
            <mods:digitalOrigin>reformatted digital</mods:digitalOrigin>
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          <mods:abstract>Beecher asks promotion for his son Robert, giving account of his war experience. Endorsement in Hay's writing, signed by Lincoln April 2, 1864, commending the case to the Secretary of War.</mods:abstract>
          <mods:note>A.L.S.</mods:note>
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              <mods:namePart>Lincoln, Abraham</mods:namePart>
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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: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 1494</mods:identifier>
          <mods:identifier type="METSID">1212771964750000</mods:identifier>
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