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[1] DS, owned by Emanuel A. Gardiner, New York City. The order is in Stanton's handwriting, signed by Lincoln. On March 19, 1863, Colonel Henry B. Carrington submitted a report to Stanton and Lincoln on the activities of the Knights of the Golden Circle, ``organized to break up the army. I have abundant affidavits and . . . proof. . . . Their success was considerable until the arrest and conviction of John O. Brown, now under sentence of death suspended at my request, that he may be used as a witness before the U.S. district court in May next.'' (OR, II, V, 363-67). See further Lincoln to Morton, July 18, infra.