What we're going to do is we're going to unveil a letter that is in the Congress, the Library of Congress's archives. It is a letter from Frederick Douglass to President Lincoln because … We are going to unveil a letter from Frederick Douglass to President Lincoln requesting for his son to be able to be discharged from the military. … case. On the backside is a facsimile of the backside where President Lincoln responds, honors the requests, and in typical presidential fashion, tells everybody, follow my orders. Fair. Come on Speaker. (13:26–13:35)
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Asserts that there is a letter from Frederick Douglass to President Lincoln requesting his son's military discharge.
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