Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Edwin D. Morgan1Jump to section

His Excellency Washington, D. C.
Gov. E. D. Morgan. May 23, 1861

My dear Sir Will you please state to Gen. Walbridge2Jump to section what are the substantial difficulties about the ``fourteen regiments'' coming forward? I very much wish to get this matter straight, without wrong to the public service, or to any individual. Yours very truly

A. LINCOLN

P. S. You can talk to Gen. W. confidentially. A L.

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[1] ALS, N. See also Lincoln to Morgan, May 20, supra.

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[2] Probably Hiram Walbridge, a brigadier general of Ohio militia (1843) who was a New York merchant and ex-congressman (1853-1855).

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