To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section
I hereby direct that the sum of $80,000.---appropriated by the 10th. section of an act of Congress approved 3d March 1863, for
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I hereby direct that the sum of $80,000.---appropriated by the 10th. section of an act of Congress approved 3d March 1863, for
expenses of carrying into effect the habeas corpus act of the same date, be placed on the books of the Treasury and held subject to your control. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Hon. E. M. Stanton
Secretary of War.
[1] LS, DNA FI RG 56, General Records of the Treasury Department, Series AB, 1863, Letters from Executive Officers, Part I, Vol. I, p. 3.