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 John G. Foster1Jump to section

Major Gen. Foster Washington, D.C.,
Fort-Monroe, Va August 28, 1863

Please notify, if you can, Senator Bowden, Mr. Segar, and Mr. Chandler, all, or any of them, that I now have the record in Dr. Wright's case, and am ready to hear them. When you shall have got the notice to them, please let me know. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. See Lincoln to Foster, August 3, supra. Lemuel J. Bowden of Norfolk requested on August 7 that ``so soon as the record in the case of Dr. D. M. Wright . . . shall be laid before you, you will telegraph the Hon. L. H. Chandler and myself, fixing some day when we may appear before you and present the mass of testimony which has been taken to prove the insanity of Doctor Wright. . . .'' (OR, II, VI, 187).

General Foster replied at 11:20 A.M. on August 28, ``I have notified Mr Chandler of your wishes & he will start for Washington this evening. I have also sent notice to Senator Bowden Mr Segar is not here but is understood to be in Washington. . . .''

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