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

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Editors of the Washington Chronicle1Jump to section

Editors of Chronicle Executive Mansion,
Gentlemen: Washington, Jan. 16. 1863.

If you should publish the attached letter, please make the corrections indicated. Yours &c A LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, owned by Paul Huttinger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The letter which Lincoln enclosed to John W. Forney's Chronicle was undoubtedly a copy of his letter to McClellan of April 9, 1862, supra, which had been released by General Ethan A. Hitchcock at the McDowell court of inquiry then in session.

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The letter was published in the Chronicle on January 17, 1863, with the comment that ``The Star last evening contains the letter, but as it was full of errors, we obtained the following corrected and official copy. . . .''