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Letter to William H. Herndon

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Feb 7, 1865

By no other result can the six thousand men be obtained from the two States, and, at the same time deal justly and keep faith with both, and we do but confuse ourselves in questioning the process by which the right result is reached.

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Since the adjournment of the last session of Congress other errors of a kind similar to those which this resolution was designed to correct have been discovered in the law, and it is now thought most expedient to include all the necessary…

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Feb 9, 1865

Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.

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