Identifier: abrahamlincolnsces1linc (find matches)
Title: Abraham Lincoln's cabinet
Year: 1863 (1860s)
Authors: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869 United States. War Department Cabinet officers
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gestparty friends heretofore, aredown on him in this matter -Even J.C. Wright his fastfriend, is against him, and sayshe is ready to go on to Wash-ington if necessary to join in-an-effort -te- a protest against theorder of Sec. Stanton. Mr Reasays he is ready to lose the 300 $due him from the Governmentfor his slave rather than theCounty Commissioners shouldgive way -a«4 in their deter-mination, -»et -te and pay themoney of the negroes over tothat scoundrel. I have notheard of one respectable man,who doeo not endorsesStraughn - or condemns theCommissioners. I will mentionfurther that he asserted to dayin the presence of Mr Rea andothers that he has my letter toyou in his possession (perhapshe meant a copy of it) and thatit is simply a complaint aboutthe threat to make -a draft e«Dorchcotcr te*> credit othercounties with -the our men -without any reference to pay-ing the bounty - This you knowis an unjust representation ofits purport - for I distinctlymentioned the efforts we are
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From the Lincoln National Life Foundation The durable-looking man above is Thomas Holli-day Hicks (1798-1865). Born in Maryland, Hickswas a man of little education and much ambitionfor politics. He served as a constable at agetwenty-one and was elected sheriff five yearslater. Hicks began as a Democrat, became a Whig,and ran for the Maryland governorship on theAmerican (Know-Nothing) ticket. Despite his dif-ferences with Lincoln and Lincolns Secretary ofWar, Hicks apparently admired the President. In1863, an ankle injury led to the amputation of hisfoot. He wrote Lincoln, asking him to shake hissons hand and apologizing for not being able towalk up the stairs himself to see the President. Thepicture above is from a carte-de-visite photo-graph of Hicks in the Foundations collection. making to get access to the volunteers so as to pay them off-and that we had written to Col. Fry to know when a pass couldbe obtained for that purpose - If the President will not revoke the order of the Sec

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