Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8.

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Title
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8.
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Pages

To Richard L. Ferguson1Jump to section

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.

[2]   In appearance this word cannot well be anything but ``bong,'' but Lincoln probably intended to write ``bond.''

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