Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
Judge Advocate General, please examine these, & any other papers accessable to you, pertaining to the case, and report to me.
Aug. 29, 1863. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, LL 717. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the papers in the case of J. H. Townsend, arrested for treason and sentenced to $1,000 fine and imprisonment for one year at hard labor. On April 27, 1864, Lincoln endorsed again: