To Edwin M. Stanton2Open page
Let nothing be done to the detriment of Joseph Kitchen, until the case is better understood, nor without letting me know.
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 107, Register of Secretary of War, Letters Received, P 80. The copy is preserved in the Register, indicating referral of a medical certificate of disability for Joseph Kitchen endorsed by Ward H. Lamon. The original document and attendant papers have not been located in the file, and Joseph Kitchen has not been identified.