Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Robert F. Taylor1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Washington, July 25. 1864.

Thomas Connor, a private in the 1st. Veteran New-York Cavalry, is now imprisoned at hard labor for desertion. If the Colonel of said Regiment will say in writing on this sheet, that he is willing to receive him back to the Regiment, I will pardon, and send him.

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS-F, ISLA. Colonel Robert F. Taylor of the First New York Veteran Cavalry did not reply ``on this sheet,'' as directed. AGO Special Orders No. 357,

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October 20, 1864, ordered Private Thomas Connor to be pardoned and returned to his regiment.