Letter to James C. Conkling
08/25/1863
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To the Senate of the United States:In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, I transmit herewi...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
The expediency of sanctioning the acceptance of the gift is submitted to your consideration.
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...