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 Benjamin F. Butler1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
Major General Butler. Washington, April 7, 1864.

Mrs. L. and I think we will visit Fort-Monroe some time next week; meanwhile whatever is to be done on the business-subject2Jump to section will be conducted through the War Department. Please do not make public our probable visit. A LINCOLN

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[1] ADfS, DLC-RTL; LS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 22. A telegram from John Hay to Butler, April 6, 1864, authorizing Butler to visit Washington at the president's direction, was amended by Stanton so as to read ``you will submit by letter or telegram to the Secretary of War the points in relation to the exchange of prisoners whenever you wish instructions and that it is not necessary for you to visit Washington for the purpose indicated.'' (DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 20). Butler replied on the same day, ``I beg leave to assure the President that I have no desire to visit Washington, but wish he should visit Fortress Monroe as expressed in my telegram of Saturday.'' (Private and Official Correspondence of General Benjamin F. Butler. . . . , IV, 29). See further, Lincoln to Butler, April 11, infra.

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[2] Perhaps Lincoln refers to Butler's confiscation of the estate of John Williams of Portsmouth, Virginia. See Butler to Stanton, April 4, 1864, op. cit., IV, 16.

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