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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[1] ALS, CSmH. On August 11, 1864, Governor John Evans of Colorado Territory had written Curtis: ``The overland line is about withdrawing stock from the plains for want of protection. Unless troops can be stationed along the line to patrol it our supplies will also be cut off. . . . The alliance of all the tribes . . . is now undoubted. . . . Would it not be well to defend the Overland Stage route at all hazards? This will give us the best protection for travel. . . .''

George K. Otis endorsed Evans' letter: ``I have just come up the line from the Missouri, and fully concur in the above. Have already stopped mail and passengers and ordered stock off the road.'' (OR, I, XLI, II, 661).