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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Edwin M. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00001 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 June 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.5 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Regarding suspending publication of the anti-war Chicago Times.

Notes: Basler 6: 248. O.R. 3: 252. The Chicago Times had been suspended on June 1 by Gen. A.E. Burnside for criticism of his arrest of Clement Vallandigham.

Washington, June 4. 1863
Hon. Sec. of War.
My dear Sir
I have received additional dispatches which, with former ones, induce me to believe we should revoke or suspend the order, suspending the "Chicago Times," and, if you concur in opinion, please have it done.
Yours truly
A. Lincoln

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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