Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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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...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...