To Joseph Holt1Jump to section
Believing there was technichal wrong in these cases, on a point which the government can not safely disregard, and yet having great doubt whether there was moral guilt in these particular cases, it is ordered that the fine in each case is reduced to one thousand dollars, the excess being remitted. A. LINCOLN
Oct. 7. 1864
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 153, Judge Advocate General, NN 2089. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the court-martial record of J. Paul Jones and William A. Jones. See Lincoln to Holt, September 9, supra.