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 Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

November 22, 1863

The within is in behalf of the family of Southern, who killed the Lieutenant and fled. It is represented that the family are substantially imprisoned in their house by our soldiers, & are on starvation. I submit that perhaps some attention better be given to the case.

Nov. 22. 1863 A LINCOLN

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[1] AES IHi. Lincoln's endorsement appears on a letter from E. W. Hazard, Chicago, November 11, 1863, introducing ``Miss Florence Holcomb of your city. Miss Holcomb has had some friends arrested under military authority, one of whom is a young lady in which Miss Holcomb feels a very deep interest and whom she regards as entirely innocent of any intentional wrong.'' Succeeding endorsements indicate referral of the letter to Colonel William Birney, Camp Stanton, Bryantown, Maryland, who endorsed on December 4, ``Respy. returned with full report of this date.'' The report has not been found.

Concerning the case of John H. Sothoron and son see Lincoln to Schenck, October 21, supra, and to Stanton, March 18, 1864, infra.

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