The BEALL MANSION
407 East 12th Street
Alton, Illinois 62002-7230 USA
Greater St. Louis MO
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“fine Greater St. Louis
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Alton Illinois

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Lincoln's Last Letters to Alton

Lincoln Had Many Ties to Alton - Lincoln Douglas Debate | Lincoln - Shields Duel | Lincoln's Last Letters to Alton

Finally, as President, Lincoln sent several letters and telegrams to generals in St. Louis and Secretary of Ward Edmund Stanton to release prisoners from the military prison at Alton. These letters were his last communication to a city with which Abraham Lincoln was historically linked.

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Lincoln - Back to the Beginning

Reprinted from
Bluff City Profiles Alton, Illinois 1837-1987 Sesquicentennial Commemorative Book
Lincoln Had Many Ties to Alton
by Darryl Short

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