Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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To Simon Cameron1Jump to section

December 5, 1861

Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War with the suggestion that the claims already adjusted by the commission at St. Louis, might, and I think ought to, be paid at once.

Dec. 5. 1861. A. LINCOLN

Page 58

Annotation

[1]   AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a petition dated November 27, 1861, from banks and savings institutions in St. Louis, Missouri, requesting prompt settlement of claims already adjusted by the commission appointed by the president. See Lincoln to Joseph Holt, November 12, supra. The claims grew out of seizure of funds by military commanders in the Department of the West.

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