To Robert C. Schenck1Jump to section
Baltimore. Sept. 6. 1863
The Secretary of War is absent. Please direct or order that the collection of the Light-House be suspended, and that the money already collected be held, both till further order
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. See Lincoln to Segar, September 5, supra. On September 8, Schenck telegraphed Lincoln:
``I beg you to see & hear Major Hayner of my staff, who is the bearer of this note. He is the Officer who was sent to the Eastern Shore of Virginia to superintend the assessment & collection of the tax for destruction of the light house,