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flag Illinois Governor and First Lady donate Civil War document signed by Lincoln to Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

flag Illinois' Governor and First Lady have donated a key Civil War document signed by Abraham Lincoln to the state's Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. flag The document, dated April 19, 1861, ordered the blockade of Southern U.S. ports after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter initiated the Civil War. flag The Pritzkers, who purchased the document at auction, plan to visit the museum that will house the artifact.

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