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 Joseph Holt1Jump to section

Hon. Joseph Holt Executive Mansion Sep. 12. 1861

Dear Sir Yours of this day, in relation to the late proclamation of Gen. Fremont, is received. Yesterday I addressed a letter to him by mail, on the same subject, and which is intended to be made public when he receives it. I herewith send you a copy of that letter, which, perhaps, shows my position as distinctly as any new one I could write. I will thank you to not make it public, until Gen. Fremont shall have had time to receive the original. Your Obt. Servt. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL. Holt to Lincoln, September 12, 1861, `` . . . The proclamation . . . of Genl. Fremont . . . transcends & . . . violates the law. . . . '' (Ibid.). The copy of the letter which Lincoln enclosed to Holt was released on September 14 (New York Herald), but Fremont still had not received the copy sent by mail. See Lincoln to Fremont, September 11, supra.

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