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 William H. Seward2Open page

Sec. of State, please see this lady. She wishes the bond may be several & not joint. I think it might be so. A. LINCOLN

Oct. 29, 1861.

Annotation

[1] Parke-Bernet Catalog 73, December 6, 1938, No. 133. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's note concerned the case of John Williams, arrested as a spy. Mrs. Cecilia Williams, wife of John Williams, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia, who had been arrested in Boston on orders of General Benjamin F. Butler, arranged for her husband's release on oath and $ 10,000 bond. Seward to John A. Dix, October 31, 1861, ``In answer to your note of the 29th. . . handed to me by Mrs. Williams. . . the U.S. district attorney. . . has been authorized to accept the sureties. . . severally instead of jointly. . . .'' (OR, II, II, 461).