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English: Letter from U.S. President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, dated August 18, 1862.
Letter on behalf of Louis McLane Hamilton, descendant of Alexander Hamilton, who was then serving as a private, recommending him for a commission as a lieutenant in the regular army.
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