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English: Huber's Museum facsimile of Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby. Varies slightly from the original text published in Boston newspapers in 1864.
Date November 21, 1864 (original letter), 1891 (original facsimile)
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This image from the American Memory Collections is available from the United States Library of Congress's Rare Book and Special Collections Division
under the digital ID lprbscsm.scsm0360.
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Author Abraham Lincoln (text), Michael F. Tobin (original facsimile), Huber's Museum (this copy of the facsimile)

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02:59, 14 July 2009 Thumbnail for version as of 02:59, 14 July 20092,573 × 3,288 (1.03 MB)Mrwojo{{Information |Description={{en|1=A facsimile of Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby.}} |Source={{LOC-American-Memory-Collections|id=lprbscsm.scsm0360}} |Date=November 21, 1864 (original letter) |Author=Abraham Lincoln |Permission=PD-US (note that Hube

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