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

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Samuel R. Curtis1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Brigadier General S. R. Curtis. Washington, Oct. 28. 1861.

My dear Sir. Herewith is a document, half letter, half order, which, wishing you to see, but not to make public I send unsealed. Please read it, and then inclose it to the officer who may be in command of the Department of the West, at the time it reaches him. I can not now know whether Fremont, or Hunter will then be in command. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, IHi. This letter appears in the Official Records (I, III, 555) under date of October 24 with a note appended as follows: ``No inclosure found, but see Lincoln to Commander of Department of the West, October 24, p. 553.'' The editors' belief is that Lincoln held the letter to the Commander of the Department of the West until October 28 in order to give his letter to Curtis enclosing General Orders No. 18, time to be put in force. See Lincoln to Curtis, October 24, supra.

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