Abraham Lincoln said...

Allow the bearer, F. P. Blair, sr., to pass our lines, go South, and return.

Let nothing which is transpiring change, hinder, or delay your military movements or plans.

And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.

I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of War, which, with my permission, has been delayed until the present ti...