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Letter from C.S. Leport to Abraham Lincoln, October 7, 1861

answd Oct 9th 18 hr [?], Recd. Oct 9--

Stanhope, New Jersey, October 7th 1861

To His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President US Honored Sir,

I have a Brother, who is now a Prisoner of War, captured at the battle of Bull Run, and is now confined at Richmond Va.

I learn from him that he is destitute of every comfort, without clothing and without any means to relieve himself. I have made several efforts to send him money, and to secure for him the friendly care of some one at Richmond. But, as yet, all my efforts have been unsuccessful. And I am grieved at the thought that one who has merited a better fate, is undergoing suffering that may produce the most melancholy results-- I am, therefore,

Letter from C.S. Leport to Abraham Lincoln, October 7, 1861