Letter to James C. Conkling
08/25/1863
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The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending ...
Complaint is made to me, by Vermont, that the assignment of her quota for the draft on the pending call is intrinsically...
Now, in order to determine all controversies in respect thereto and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies, it is o...