. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . , ought to be satis-factory. Yours truly, A. Lincoln. * Telegram to General Curtis (Cipher.)Washington, November 30, Curtis, Saint Louis, Mo.: Frank Blair wants Manters Thirty-second,Curlys Twenty-seventh, Boyds Twenty-fourthand the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry to go withhim down the river. I understand it is withyou to decide whether he shall have them and ifso, and if also it is consistent with the publicservice you will oblige me a good deal by lettinghim have them. A. Lincoln. * Letter to Judge Advocate-General Executive Mansion, Washingt
. Complete works of Abraham Lincoln . , ought to be satis-factory. Yours truly, A. Lincoln. * Telegram to General Curtis (Cipher.)Washington, November 30, Curtis, Saint Louis, Mo.: Frank Blair wants Manters Thirty-second,Curlys Twenty-seventh, Boyds Twenty-fourthand the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry to go withhim down the river. I understand it is withyou to decide whether he shall have them and ifso, and if also it is consistent with the publicservice you will oblige me a good deal by lettinghim have them. A. Lincoln. * Letter to Judge Advocate-General Executive Mansion, Washington, December 1, : Three hundred Indians have been sen-tenced to death in Minnesota by a MilitaryCommission, and execution only awaits my ac-tion. I wish your legal opinion whether if Ishould conclude to execute only a part of them,I must myself designate which, or could I leavethe designation to some officer on the ground?Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. General Winfield Scott Wood Engraving from the Original Photographby i&62] Annual Message 93 Annual Message to Congress,December 1, 1862 FELLOW-CITIZENS of the Senate andHouse of Representatives: Since yourlast annual assembling another year ofhealth and bountiful harvest has passed; andwhile it has not pleased the Almighty to blessus with a return of peace, we can but press on,guided by the best light he gives us, trusting thatin his own good time and wise way all will yetbe well. The correspondence touching foreign affairswhich has taken place during the last year isherewith submitted, in virtual compliance witha request to that effect, made by the House ofRepresentatives near the close of the last ses-sion of Congress. If the condition of our relations with othernations is less gratifying than it has usually beenat former periods, it is certainly more satisfac-tory than a nation so unhappily distracted as weare might reasonably have apprehended. Inthe month of June last there were some groundsto expect that the
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