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 Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Hon. Secretary of War: Washington, D.C., June 4, 1863.

My dear Sir: I have received additional dispatches which, with former ones, induce me to believe we should revoke or suspend the order suspending the Chicago Times, and if you concur in opinion, please have it done. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN.

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[1] OR, III, III, 252. Edward D. Townsend promptly telegraphed Burnside a copy of Lincoln's letter and instructed him to revoke the order suspending publication of the Chicago Times (ibid.). On the same day Burnside issued an order revoking not only the suspension of the Times but also the suppression of the New York World, circulation of which had been prohibited in his department (ibid., II, V, 741). Both papers had bitterly criticized Burnside and the administration for the arrest of Vallandigham.

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