Abraham Lincoln said...

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...

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

It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having...

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.