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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Page 169

To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

I decline to interfere in behalf of Lieut. Williams

April 11. 1863. A LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Joseph Holt to Stanton, March 30, 1863, summarizing the facts in the case of West Point graduate, First Lieutenant John Benson Williams of the Third Infantry, dismissed from service on February 11, 1863, for deserting his company in the presence of the enemy. An unsigned endorsement preceding Lincoln's indicates that Holt's letter is ``Respectfully submitted to . . . the President as requested by his note of the 18th. Ulto.'' Lincoln's note of March 18 has not been located.

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