To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section
My dear Sir: Washington, July 2. 1863.
I wish you would allow the Republican (my paper as you jokingly call it), to be paid for advertising. The non-payment is made a source of trouble to me. Yours truly A. LINCOLN
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[1] ALS, NHi. No reply has been located. The U.S. Official Register, 1863, shows the National Republican to have received from the War Department payments for advertising as follows: Secretary's Office, $428.75; Quartermaster General's Office, $8.00; Surgeon General's Office, $51.13; Ordnance Office, $21.88.