Prisoners of State “under the despotism of the late Abraham Lincoln”

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Post Civil War printed letter from P.C. Wright of New York representing the aggrieved citizens who had been subjected to the "despotism of the late Abraham Lincoln:" Handbill, 5-1/2" x 7-1/2", titled PRISONERS OF THE STATE, "At a preliminary meeting of the "prisoners of state" of the City of New York…to take into consideration the propriety of calling a Convention…3rd Day of July 1868…In pursuance of said arrangements the "Prisoners of State" under the despotism of the late Abraham Lincoln, will meet in convention, with such of our fellow sufferers as feel disposed to assert the dignity of Free American Citizens, by placing on record our experience, the infamy of those who dared to exercise arbitrary power towards law abiding citizens…"During the Civil War, the Abraham Lincoln had felt compelled to resort to extraordinary measures and suspend habeas corpus. Many citizens were arresting and imprisoned for sedition and confined in U.S. military prisons and forts. These offenders were confined in Fort McHenry at Baltimore; Fort Lafayette, near New York, and Fort Warren, in Boston harbor, and were termed "Prisoners of State." 5½x7½". Historic remnant of the rumblings occurring after war had ended. Fine.

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