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To Oliver P. Morton1Jump to section
By Telegraph from Washington 1861
I have just shown your message to Gen Scott He says he will be glad if the Report of Zollicoffers having left Cumberland Gap shall be confirmed I intend writing you today Arms going to you and Anderson as fast as we can send them
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] Copy, In. The copy received by Governor Morton is written on a Western Union blank, without punctuation. Governor Morton's message concerning Confederate Brigadier General Felix K. Zollicoffer's movements has not been located.