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Item 04: Biography of Winthrop Welles Ketcham with Abraham Lincoln sketch, no date

 Item — Box: 12, Folder: 4

Dates

  • Created: no date

Creator

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Some of the name and subject authority tags have been assigned by educated guessing and estimation of persons and subjects by region, age, profession, and familial relationships. They have been thoroughly researched by using primary and secondary sources available digitally, and named in each description, or in some cases linked directly to the person tag.

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Type of Material:

Biographical timeline/sketch

Condition Note:

Good.

Measurements:

3.5 x 4.5 in.

Description:

Biographical sketch of Winthrop Welles Ketcham. Accompanied by a note titled “An Unique Endorsement on a Letter Probably Written At Lincoln’s Suggestion”--the note is referring to a different letter. Ketcham was born in Pennsylvania in 1820 and he was a U.S. district judge and a member of the House of Representatives.

Repository Details

Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository

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