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[1] ALS, IHi. General Hooker replied to Lincoln's telegram at 5 P.M., ``Your telegram of today has just been received by me I am rejoiced to learn that you have appointed a time to visit this Army and only regret that your party is not as large as our hospitality. . . .'' (DLC-RTL). Bates' Diary records that the party consisted of the president, Bates, Mrs. Lincoln, ``Tad'' Lincoln, Dr. Anson G. Henry, Noah Brooks, and Captain Medorem Crawford of Oregon.