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 Horatio Seymour1Jump to section

Gov. Seymour Executive Mansion,
Albany, N. Y. Washington, May 12. [1863]

Dr. Swinburne and Mr. Gillett are here having been refused, as they say, by the War Department, permission to go to the Army of the Potomac. They now appeal to me, saying you wish them to go. I suppose they have been excluded by a rule which experience has induced the Department to deem proper; still they shall have leave to go, if you say you desire it. Please answer.

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. Letters from former Governor Edwin D. Morgan, May 5, and Governor Seymour, May 4, introduced Dr. John Swinburne and his assistant Mr. J. T. Gillett, who volunteered their services to the Army following the Battle of Chancellorsville (DLC-RTL). Seymour replied to Lincoln's telegram on May 13, ``I have great confidence in Dr. Swinbourn's skill but I cannot ask the Gov't. to violate its rules. You know best the interest of the Army & I shall be contented with your decision. I am obliged to you for your courtesy.'' (Ibid.).

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