Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Executive Mansion,
Hon. Secretary of War Washington, Oct. 9, 1863.

Sir---Mrs. Thomas G. Clemsin is a daughter of the late Hon. John C. Calhoun, and is now residing near Bladensburg in Maryland.

She understands that her son, Calhoun Clemsin, is now a prisoner of War to us at ``Johnsons Island['']; and she asks the previlege

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merely of visiting him. With your approbation, I consent for her to go. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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