[Letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Secretary of the Treasury November 1863 ]

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[Letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Secretary of the Treasury November 1863 ]

Description

Written just two days before delivering the Gettysburg address on November 19, 863, President Abraham Lincoln expresses surprise that Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase missed a Cabinet meeting convened to discuss the planned trip to Pennsylvania.

Date Created

1863

Rights

Digital image copyright 2026 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.

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Identifier

Gluck Collection: Lincoln, Abraham 1863

Citation

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, “[Letter from Abraham Lincoln to the Secretary of the Treasury November 1863 ],” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed June 18, 2026, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17818.