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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.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln7. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 22, 2025.

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To Benjamin F. Butler1

Major General Butler Executive Mansion,
Fort-Monroe, Va. Washington, March 14, 1864.

1 Lieut, and Adjt. of 6. Wisconsin Volunteers, Edward P. Brooks is a prisoner of War at Richmond; and if you can, without difficulty, effect a special exchange for him, I shall be obliged.

A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1]   ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 5. General Butler's telegram in reply was received at 6:25 P.M.: ``Lieut. Brooks will be sent forward

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for special exchange and I have no doubt the exchange will be effected.'' (DLC-RTL). See also Lincoln to Butler, March 18, infra.

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