Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. The act and the form of certificate which appear in the manuscript telegram are clipped from a printed form such as the ones upon which Lincoln wrote his letter to Chandler, supra, and the preceding ones to Grimes and Hamlin on October 29. Low telegraphed on November 7, ``Your dispatch received. Commissions in two forms were sent on the 6th. inst, one of each to each member and one to you. The certificates cover every point that I can think of If I knew the grounds of your apprehensions perhaps I could act more intelligently'' (DLC-RTL).