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Thomas Webster Washington,
Philadelphia. Sep. 9. 1862
Philadelphia. Sep. 9. 1862
Your despatch received & referred to Gen. Halleck, who must control the questions presented. While I am not surprized at your
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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- 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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anxiety, I do not think you are in any danger. If half our troops were in Philadelphia, the enemy could take it, because he would not fear to leave the other half in his rear; but with the whole of them here, he dares not to leave them in his rear. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB, Vice-chairman Thomas Webster of the Citizens Bounty Fund Committee of Philadelphia, telegraphed Lincoln on September 9, 1862, concerning ``the exposed condition'' of Philadelphia, and transmitting resolutions adopted by the committee. (OR, I, XIX, II, 230-31).