Lincoln, Abraham: Monroe, Timothy:

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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM COMMANDER TIMOTHY MONROE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS 8th MILITIA REGIMENT TO PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, REQUESTING NEW UNIFORMS FOR HIS TROOPS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CIVIL ... An excellent Lincoln signature and autograph endorsement from the earliest days of the Civil War, on an interesting letter relating the efforts to keep the USS Constitution from falling into Confederate hands.Commander Timothy Monroe of the 8th Massachusetts Militia Regiment writes President Lincoln on a piece of House Representatives letterhead, with a manuscript date of "April, 1861." Monroe relates "that the troops under his command, have by the most severe labor, in rescuing the Frigate Constitution from the hands of the secessionists, and by repairing the Rail Road from Anapolis [sic] to the junction, including the bridges &c. completely destroyed their uniforms, the only clothing with which they left Massachusetts and that by so doing they are in a condition not appropriate to appear on public parade." Monroe requests that all his troops "officers excepted" be provided with a fatigue dress "or such other dress as will meet their wants." Lincoln was moved to action by Monroe's request, and writes on the integral blank: "Will the War Department please see that the within made request be complied with? A. Lincoln."At the outbreak of the Civil War in mid-April 1861, members of the 8th Massachusetts earned the distinction of being the first to arrive in Boston after the Presi

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