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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.
Lieut. Gen. Grant Washington,
City-Point. Va. Feb 4 1865
The President desires me to repeat that nothing transpired, or transpiring with the three gentlemen from Richmond, is to cause any change hindrance or delay, of your military plans or operations. EDWIN M STANTON
Secretary of War
Annotation
[1] AD, owned by Edwin C. Stone, Boston, Massachusetts. This telegram is in Lincoln's autograph, signed by Stanton. A copy in the Lincoln Papers is marked ``Sent in Cipher at 12.20 P.M.''