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John A. Andrew (1818-1867). Civil War Governor of Massachusetts and ardent abolitionist first to respond to Lincoln's call for troops and raised the famed 54th MA Reg't. War-date AMS, 1p, 8"x10", Boston, Nov 1863. On Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department letterhead. Large and darkly penned and signed.
Inventory# 20068 $450
Andrew pens a patriotic poem, in part:
"We must forget our feelings save the one,
We must resign all passions save our purpose,
We must behold no object save our Country,
And only look on death as beautifu,l
So that the sacrifice ascend to Heaven,
And draw down Freedom on her Evermore."
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