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

May 25, 1864

If it is true that Major Miller made payments under express orders of the Secretary of War; as a matter of equity, he, Major Miller, should not be made to lose the money; but the accounting office having settled the matter, I doubt both the legality and propriety of interference by the President.

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[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 107, Secretary of War, Letters Received, P 318, Register notation. The letter of Major Morris S. Miller bearing Lincoln's endorsement is missing from the file, but the register preserves a transcript of Lincoln's endorsement as given above. Miller served as quartermaster at Washington, D.C., May, 1861 to September, 1864.

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