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This matter should be attended to at once A.L.
Oct. 18. 1861.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln4. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.
Pages
Page 557
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 107, Secretary of War, Letters Received, M 539. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an official copy of a letter from Governor John A. Andrew to General Benjamin F. Butler, October 5, 1861, protesting Butler's personal recruitment efforts in Massachusetts and making particular reference to reports that Butler was offering bounties for enlistments in his expedition (see Lincoln to New England Governors, September 11, supra). Governor Andrew went to Washington to protest in person the unfair competition of two recruiting authorities operating within the state of Massachusetts. The record of the controversy, which continued into 1862, may be found in the Official Records (III, I, 810-66).