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[1] ALS, DLC-RTL. This letter seems never to have been sent. See Lincoln to Robertson, November 26, infra. Robertson had telegraphed Lincoln on November 19, ``The Conduct of a few of the officers of the army in forcibly detaining the
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].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 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 June 21, 2025.
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Slaves of Union Kentuckians may provoke a conflict between Citizens & Soldiers; . . . we desire you to say as we believe you will that military force will not be permitted for the detention any more than for the restoration of such property & especially in resistance & contempt of the loyal process of a Civil tribunal.'' (DLC-RTL).
[2] In the Life of Patrick Henry (1841), William Wirt narrates Henry's defense in court, after the Revolution, of an army commissary named Venable, who had been sued by a suspected Tory, John Hook, for two steers commandeered by Venable to furnish beef for his troops. After magnificently depicting the scene of triumph following the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Henry concluded, ``But hark! what notes of discord are these which disturb the general joy, and silence the acclamations of victory---they are the notes of John Hook, hoarsely bawling through the American camp, beef! beef! beef!'' (pp. 389-90).