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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln8. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
If Gov. Johnson will say in writing on this sheet that in his opinion this man should be discharged, I will discharge him.
Dec. 5. 1864. A. LINCOLN
Let this man take the oath of Dec. 8. 1863 & be discharged as recommended by Gov. Johnson. A. LINCOLN
Dec. 22. 1864
Annotation
[1] AES, owned by James W. Smith, New York City. Lincoln's endorsements are written on the back of a fragment of a petition for the discharge of a Tennesseean who was held a prisoner of war. The man is not identified, and Johnson's reply is not given.