"Lincoln Document Returned to National Archives"
A document signed by President Abraham Lincoln in the weeks after the Battle of Antietam has been returned to the National Archives.
A November 1862 letter signed by three surgeons in Hagerstown, Md., asking Lincoln to appoint a chaplain to tend to wounded and dying soldiers after the battle – and Lincoln’s signed approval – were returned to Archives officials Thursday. Auctioneer Bill Panagopulos, who helped negotiate the return, handed the documents over to David Ferriero, archivist of the United States.
See Also: Official News Release from NARA (A Lot of Detail)
See Also: Video: Missing Lincoln Documents returned to National Archives (NARA via YouTube)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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