Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8 [ Sept. 12, 1864-Apr. 14, 1865, undated, appendices].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Edward O. C. Ord1Jump to section

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,

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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.