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

Hon. Sec. of War Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir. Washington, June 18. 1863.

Could you, without too much trouble, have sent to me a statement of the case of John Steele, who, it seems, has been banished to Canada. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DLC-RTL. On June 24, General Edward R. S. Canby returned Lincoln's letter together with a statement of Judge Advocate Levi C. Turner summarizing the case of John Steele, native of Canada and resident of the U.S., arrested for fraud and treasonable practices while employed as a detective by the provost marshal and released on his own request to return to Canada (DLC-RTL).

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