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 Gideon Welles1Jump to section

June 8, 1861

Herewith is a letter of Col. Fremont which contains some information I suppose your Department ought to have. Yours very truly

A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Stan. V. Henkels Catalog 1342, January 4, 1924, No. 480. Fremont was in London at the time and wrote to Francis P. Blair, Sr., May 24, 1861, about the purchase of war steamers by representatives of the Confederacy (Allan Nevins, Fremont, Pathmarker of the West, p. 475).

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