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 Robert C. Schenck1Jump to section

Major Gen. Schenck Washington City, D.C.
Baltimore, Md. January 31 1863

I do not take jurisdiction of the pass question. Exercise your own discretion as to whether Judge Pettis shall have a pass.

A LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. A purported telegram from Schenck received at 4:40 P.M. on January 31, reads: ``Judge Pettis desires leave tonight to visit a sick soldier at Gloucester Point. Shall he have it?'' (DLC-RTL). A second telegram from Schenck received at 11:20 P.M., replied, ``I beg to say that the Telegram sent you in my name about a pass was without my authority.'' (Ibid.). ``Judge Pettis'' was probably S. Newton Pettis, appointed associate justice in Colorado Territory in 1861, who had returned to Pennsylvania in 1862.

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