Saturday, October 29, 1864.Washington, DC.
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At 8 A.M. President receives Sojourner Truth, Negro woman,
evangelist, and former slave. Lincoln signs her autograph album.
Carpenter, Six Months, 203.
Hon. B. Payne [probably New York legislator] calls on President to
deliver specially made cane from Laurel F. Brockway, Albany, N.Y.
Brockway to Lincoln, 27 October 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Lincoln interviews Simon Cameron on aftermath of coming presidential election.
Cameron to Lincoln, 1 November 1864, Abraham Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
[Irwin withdraws $4 from Springfield Marine Bank.
Pratt, Personal Finances, 178.]
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