Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty...
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having...
He has gone in again at Savannah, and I propose three cheers for his coming out gloriously.