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Letter from Robert Todd Lincoln to William Berri

Creator:: Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
Collection:: Robert Todd Lincoln Correspondence
Location:: Chicago, Illinois
Date of Original:: 1889
Description:: Handwritten letter, 18 cm, on letterhead of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Honore Buildings, Chicago, dated February 18, 1889, and signed by Robert T. Lincoln. Lincoln replies to a request for a letter of his father's. Lincoln says that he doesn't have one but that there are plenty of such letters. "If a signature cut from a cancelled check will do any good, I can give you that."
Subject:: Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926--Correspondence; Berri, William, 1848-1917--Correspondence

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908300731
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908300731
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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