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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August 31, 1861

Respectfully submitted to the War Department, with the remark that if arms were in the hands of a Union Regiment in N.C. they probably would not remain in their hands long.

Aug. 31. 1861. A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] AES, DLC-Cameron Papers. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Charles H. Foster, Salisbury, North Carolina, August 9, 1861, to Ward H. Lamon, tendering the services of a regiment of loyal North Carolinians if it can be accepted and equipped. Foster, an unconditional Union candidate, was elected to congress in the First Congressional District of North Carolina, in November, 1861, under a provisional state government which later collapsed. Congress denied him his seat on the ground that he had received only 400 votes in a district of 9,000 voters.

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