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 Jeremiah T. Boyle1Jump to section

Gen. J. T. Boyle Executive Mansion
Cincinnati, O. Washington D.C. June 28, 1863

There is nothing going on in Kentucky on the subject of which you telegraph, except an enrolment. Before anything is done beyond this, I will take care to understand the case better than I now do. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. See the same telegram to Burnside, infra. The date seems first to have been written ``27'' by LINCOLN and changed to ``28.'' General Boyle telegraphed LINCOLN on June 26, calling attention to his telegram of June 25 to James B. Fry, which reads in part: ``There are only four thousand one hundred and thirty (4130) free male negroes in the state---one eighth (1/8) of them is a fair estimate of those between the ages eighteen and forty---five (45) giving less than seven hundred. If you gain these you will lose more than ten thousand---you will revolutionize the State and do infinite & unconceivable harm, and am sure this all wrong, and there is not an honest loyal man in the state in favor of it---and will meet with decided opposition for the peace and quiet of the Country. I beg you will change your order on subject. I request that you confer with President LINCOLN on the subject and show him this telegram'' (DLC-RTL).

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