Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
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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 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln8. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024.
Major Genl. Ord Executive Mansion,
Army of James. Washington, Feb. 11, 1865
Suspend execution of sentence in case of Major T. C. Jameson & send me the record. A. LINCOLN
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[1] ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 336. General Ord replied the same day: ``Your dispatch is received. The matter will be attended to'' (DLC-RTL).
On February 13, William Lloyd Garrison wrote Lincoln enclosing a clipping of his speech celebrating the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment (delivered on February 4) and acknowledging receipt of Lincoln's letter of February 7,
supra. Garrison added a request for clemency in the case of Major Thorndike C. Jameson, Fifth Rhode Island Artillery, dishonorably discharged, fined $8,000, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of fraud (DLC-Nicolay Papers). AGO General Court Martial Orders No.149, March 17, 1865, promulgated Jameson's pardon and release from imprisonment.
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