Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 7 [Nov. 5, 1863-Sept. 12, 1864].
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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 21, 2025.
Office U.S. Military Telegraph,
Major General Wallace War Department,
Baltimore, Md. Washington, D.C., May 13. 1864.
I was very anxious to avoid new excitements at places where quiet seemed to be restored; but after reading, and considering,
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your letter and inclosure, I have to say I leave you to act your careful discretion in the matter. The good news this morning I hope will have a good effect all round.2Jump to section A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 50. See Lincoln to Wallace, May 10, supra.