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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 19, 2024.
R. L. Ferguson Executive Mansion
Provost-Marshal Washington,
Warrensburg, Mo Jan. 7. 1865.
Suspend, until further order, proceedings to enforce a bong2Jump to section given by Hicklin, Hicklin & Spratt. It is not my view of the law that Provost-Marshals are to decide whether bonds are or are not forfeited. A LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 280. No reply or further reference has been found.