Newberry Library - Letter Kansas, to My Father Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Feb.?

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Open book Letter Kansas, to My Father Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Feb.?

Title Letter Kansas, to My Father Abraham Lincoln, 1864 Feb.?

Creator Wanzopeah

Date 1864

Place Kansas, Missouri, United States

Language English

Subjects Indians of North America, Miami Indians, United States

Description Endorsement in the hand of Abraham Lincoln on verso: Let this man be discharged, as requested. A. Lincoln March 4, 1864.
Note on verso: Eli Geboe Privt. Co. C. 12th Kansas Vols.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 918e.

Summary Feb.?, 1864, letter from Wanzopeah to President Abraham Lincoln, asking that a member of his tribe, Eli Jebo [i.e. Geboe], be discharged from the 12th Kansas Volunteers. On the verso is a Mar. 4., 1864, endorsement written, signed and dated by Abraham Lincoln, ordering the discharge. Geboe, who had enlisted Aug. 23, 1862, was needed to care for his small child following the death of his wife, and also to help protect the band against the depredations of the Missouri Bushwhackers, Confederate guerilla raiders. Geboe was discharged per Special Order No. 125 on Mar. 4, 1864, the same day Lincoln ordered it done.

Biographical/Historical Note Head chief of the western Miami Indians, also known as John Big Leg.

Extent 1 item (1 leaf) ; 19 x 20 cm

Format Autographs, Correspondence, Manuscripts, American

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 3188

BibID 133065

Size 2284px × 2205px 14.44 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

File Created 11/13/2013

Filename 991330658805867_Ayer_MS_3188_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11I08R