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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Frederic P. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.044 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 31 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Follow-up letter discussing the addition of evidence in a Court of Inquiry case. Written on War Department letterhead.

War Department
Washington City,
August 17 1863
Hon. F. P. Stanton.
Dear Sir:
I think there is no occasion for changing the order in the Court of Inquiry case of which [struck: you] we spoke this morning. The main point is to put in all your evidence, and have it duly reported and entered so that, at the end, I can see it. Unless you have difficulty, (which I do not anticipate) about getting your evidence in, I think you have no occasion to appeal to me.
Yours truly
A. Lincoln
[2] [docket, in another hand:]
A. Lincoln

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Frederick P. (Frederick Perry), 1814-1894
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
President
Law
Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Union General
The American Civil War

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