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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Page 104

To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

January 2, 1864.

The writer of this is a good man, and P.M. at Chicago. Webster, from whom he quotes, is also a good man, and the locus in quo, as you know, is under Gen. Hurlbut. I submit this case to the Sec. of War. A. LINCOLN

Jan. 2. 1864.

Annotation

[1] AES, DLC-Stanton Papers. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from John L. Scripps, December 30, 1863, quoting an extract from a letter of Brigadier General Joseph D. Webster at Memphis, Tennessee, saying that ``corruption is openly and constantly charged upon officers in that Department. The President should order a Court of Inquiry.''

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