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 Richard D. Goodwin1Jump to section

Richard D. Goodwin Executive Mansion July 8 1861

My Dear Sir---If when Congress shall have acted in the premises it shall so have acted as to authorise me to receive Regiments of troops into the United States Service and you shall then have a bona fide Regiment on foot ready and prepared according to the law that may be to be mustered into the U S Service present this letter to me without delay and I will accept your Regiment upon the conditions stated Yours &c A LINCOLN

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[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 107, Secretary of War, Personnel Appointments, Box 34. See Lincoln to Cameron, June 25, 1861, supra, about Goodwin's regiment.

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