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 George B. McClellan1Jump to section

November 10, 1861

Gen: McClellan, please see Hon: Mr. Washburne, M.C. who has been on an investigating committee at St. Louis, for sixteen days recently, & can really give more accurate & fuller information on material matters there, than any one I have seen.

Nov. 10, 1861. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. Representatives Elihu B. Washburne, William S. Holman, Henry L. Dawes, and William G. Steele of a House committee appointed July 8, 1861, to investigate government contracts, met in St. Louis, October 15-29, and at Cairo, Illinois, October 31. Washburne's report of December 17, 1861, is printed in Thirty-seventh Congress, Second Session, House Reports, No. 2.

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