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 Daniel E. Sickles1Jump to section

Major General Sickles Washington D.C.
My Dear Sir August 22. 1863

Your note and brief, about the California Land Claim, are received. The question presented is a property question, with which I do not think I should meddle as a volunteer. It will save me labor, therefore, if you will first point me to the law which assigns any duty to the President in the case. This done, next send me a reference to the treaty, and all the statutory law which bears upon the case. Yours truly A LINCOLN

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[1] Copy, DLC-RTL.General Sickles, recuperating at Saratoga Springs, New York, wrote Lincoln on August 15, 1863, concerning the case of the Panoche Grande, California, Land Grant, in which Sickles had an interest. On October 23, Sickles submitted a further statement of facts and legal authorities, ``relied upon to establish the right of myself and associates, owners of the Estate known as the Panoche Grande, to a patent from the United States. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).

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