Major Eckert:
Please send this »t once. Yours,
John Hay,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, May 25, 1864.
Major-General Meade, Army of Potomac:
Mr. J. C. Swift wishes a pass from me to follow your army to
pick up rags and cast off clothing. I will give it to him if you
say so, otherwise not. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, May 30, 1864.
Colonel Dutton, Old Point Comfort, Va.:
Colonel Dutton is permitted to come from Fort Monroe to Wash-
ington. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, May 31, 1864.
Major-General Hurlbut, Belvidere, 111.:
You are hereby authorized to visit Washington and Baltimore,
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, June 4, 1864.
Major-General Dix, New York:
Please inform me whether Charles H. Scott, of Eighth U. S. In-
fantry, is under sentence of death in your department? and if so
when to be executed and what are the features of the case ?
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, June 6, 1864.
Major-General Meade, Army of the Potomac:
Private James McCarthy, of the One hundred and fortieth New
York Volunteers, is here under sentence to the Dry Tortugas for
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an attempt to desert. His friends appeal to me and if his colonel
and you consent, I will send him to his regiment. Please answer.
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, June 7, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, Saint Louis, Mo.:
When your communication shall be ready send it by express.
There will be no danger of its miscarriage. A. Lincoln.
Washington, D. C, June 13, 18t>4.
Thomas Webster, Philadelphia:
Will try to leave here Wednesday afternoon, say at 4 p. m. re-
main till Thursday afternoon and then return. This subject to
events. A. Lincoln.
Washington, June 18, 1864.
0. A. Walborn, Post Master Philadelphia:
Please come and see me in the next day or two.
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, June 19, 1864.
Mrs. A. Lincoln, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York:
Tad arrived safely and all well. A. Lincoln.
Washington, D. C, June 27, 1864.
Colonel Bascom, Assistant Adjutant-General, Knoxville, Tenn. :
Please suspend sale of the property of Rogers & Co., until fur-
ther order. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, June 28, 1864.
Officer in Command at Fort Monroe, Va. :
Is there a man by the name of Amos Tenney in your command,
under sentence for desertion? and if so suspend execution and send
me the record. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, June 29, 1864.
Lieuten ant-General Grant, City Point:
Dr. Worst or wishes to visit you with a view of getting your
permission to introduce into the army " Harmon's Sandal Sock."
Shall I r, : vo him a pass for that object? A. Lincoln.
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War Department,
Washington, D. C, July 9, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, Saint Louis, Mo.:
When did the Secretary of War telegraph you to release Dr.
Barrett ? If it is an old thing let it stand till you hear further.
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
July 20, 1864.
J. L. Wright, Indianapolis, Ind. :
All a mistake. Mr. Stanton has not resigned.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, July 27, 1864.
Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point, Va. :
Please have a surgeon's examination of Cornelius Lee Comyga9,
in Company A, One hundred and eighty-third Volunteers, made
on the questions of general health and sanity. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, July 28, 1864.
Hon. J. W. Forney, Philadelphia, Penn. :
I wish yourself and M. McMichael would see me here to-morrow,
or early in the day Saturday. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, July 30, 1864.
Major-General Hunter, Harper's Ferry, Va. :
What news this morning? A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, July 30, 1864.
Hon. M. Odell, Brooklyn:
Please find Colonel Fowler, of Fourteenth Volunteers, and have
him telegraph, if he will, a recommendation for Clemens J. Myers,
for a clerkship. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, August 1, 1864.
Governor E. D. Morgan, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. :
Please come here at once. I wish to see you.
A. Lincoln.
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Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 0, 1864.
Governor Pierpoint, Alexandria, Va. :
General Butler telegraphs me that Judge Snead is at liberty.
A. Lincoln-.
War Department,
Washington, D. C., August 6, 1864.
Col. S. M. Bowman, Baltimore, Md.:
If convenient come and see me. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C., August 6, 1864.
Hon. Anson Miller, Rockford, DL:
If you will go and live in New Mexico I will appoint you a
judge there. Answer. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 6, 1864.
Hon. Horace Greeley, New York:
Yours to Major Hay about publication of our correspondence
received. With the suppression of a few passages in your letters
in regard to which I think you and I would not disagree, I should
be glad of the publication. Please come over and see me.
A. Lincoln.
(This letter does appear in the Life by John G. Nicolay and
John Hay.)
Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 8, 1864.
Hon. Horace Greeley, New York:
I telegraphed you Saturday. Did you receive the dispatch?
Please answer. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C., August 8, 1864.
Hon. I. N. Arnold, Chicago:
I send you by mail to-day the appointment of Colonel Mulligan,
to be a brevet brigadier-general. A. Lincoln.
ENDORSEMENT OF APPLICATION EOR EMPLOYMENT.
August 15, 1864.
"I am always for the man who wishes to work; and I shall be
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glad for this man to get suitable employment at Cavalry Depot,
or elsewhere. A. Lincoln.
(Original owned by C. F. Gunther, Chicago, 111.)
War Department,
Washington, D. C, August 18, 1864.
Governor Andrew Johnson, Nashville, Tenn. :
The officer whose duty it would be to execute John S. Young,
upon a sentence of death for murder, &c, is hereby ordered to sus-
pend such execution until further order from me.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 18, 1864.
George W. Bridges, Colonel Tenth Tennessee Volunteers, Nash-
ville, Tenn. :
If Governor Andrew Johnson thinks execution of sentence in
case of William R. Bridges should be further suspended, and will
request it, the President will order it.
Jno. G. Nicolay,
Private Secretary.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 20, 1864.
Commanding Officer at Nashville, Tenn. :
Suspend execution of death sentence of Patrick Jones, Company
F, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, until further orders and forward
record for examination. A. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Please send above telegram. Jno. G. Nicolay,
Private Secretary.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, August 20, 1864.
Major-General Butler, Bermuda Hundred, Va. :
Please allow Judge Snead to go to his family on Eastern Shore,
or give me some good reason why not. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
August 21, 1864—3 p. m.
Colonel Chipman, Harper's Ferry, Va.:
What news now? A. Lincoln.
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"War Department,
"Washington City, August 24, 1864.
Mrs. Mary McCook Baldwin, Nashville, Tenn. :
This is an order to the officer having in charge to execute the
death sentence upon John S. Young, to suspend the same until
further order. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, August 26, 1864.
Governor Johnson, Nashville, Tenn.:
Thanks to General Gillam for making the news and also to you
for sending it. Does Joe HeiskelPs "walking to meet us" mean
any more than that " Joe " was scared and wanted to save his skin ?
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C., August 28, 1864.
Major-General Wallace, Baltimore, Md. :
The punishment of the four men under sentence of death to
be executed to-morrow at Baltimore, is commuted in each case to
confinement in the Penitentiary at hard labor during the war.
You will act accordingly. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C., August 30, 1864.
Hon. B. H. Brewster, Astor House, New York:
Your letter of yesterday received. Thank you for it. Please have
no fears. A. Lincoln.
Washington, D. C, September 5, 1864.
Hon. Henry J. Raymond, New York:
Have written about Indiana matters. Attend to it to-morrow.
E. B. Washburne.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 7, 1864.
Governor Johnson, Nashville, Tenn.:
This is an order to whatever officer may have the matter in
charge, that the execution of Thomas R. Bridges be respited to
Friday, September 30, 1864. A. Lincoln.
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War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 7, 1864.
Governor Johnson, Nashville, Term.:
This is an order to whatever officer may have the matter in
charge that the execution of Jesse T. Broadway and Jordon Mose-
iey, is respited to Friday September 30, 1864. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, September 8, 1864.
Governor Smith, Providence, R. I.:
Yours of yesterday about Edward Conley received. Don't re-
member receiving anything else from you on the subject. Please
telegraph me at once the grounds on which you request his pun-
ishment to be (Commuted. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 8, 1864.
Governor Pickering, Olympia, W. T. :
Your patriotic dispatch of yesterday received and will be pub-
lished. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 8, 1864.
General Slough, Alexandria, Va. :
Edward Conley's execution is respited to one week from to-
morrow. Act accordingly. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington City, September 9, 1864.
Isaac M. Schemerhorn, Buffalo, N. Y„:
Yours of to-day received. I do not think the letter you mention
has reached me. I have no recollection of it. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 11, 1864.
Mrs. A. Lincoln, New York:
All well. What day will you be home? Four days ago sent
dispatch to Manchester, Vt., for you. A. Lincoln.
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War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 13, 1864.
Hon. J. G. Blaine, Augusta, Me.:
On behalf of the Union, thanks to Maine. Thanks to you per-
sonally for sending the news. A. LINCOLN.
P. S. — Send same to L. B. Smith and M. A. Blanchard, Port-
land, Me. A. L.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 13, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, Saint Louis:
Postpone the execution of S. II. Anderson for two weeks. Hear
what his friends can say in mitigation and report to me.
A. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Please send the above telegram. Jno. G. Nicolay,
Private Secretary.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 13, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, Saint Louis:
Postpone the execution of Joseph Johnson for two weeks. Ex-
amine the case and report. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Please send the above telegram. Jno. G. Nicolay,
Private Secretary.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 15, 1864.
Major H. H. Heath, Baltimore, Md. :
You are hereby authorized to visit Washington.
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C., September 16, 1864.
General Slough, Alexandria, Va.:
On the 14th I commuted the sentence of Conley, but fearing
you may not have received notice I send this. Do not execute him.
A. Lincoln.
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War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 16, 1864.
Hon. William Sprague, Providence, R. I. :
I commuted the sentence of Conley two days ago.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 16, 1864.
Major-General Sigel, Bethlehem, Pa.:
You are authorized to visit Washington on receipt of this.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
September 20, 1864.
Major-General Meade, Headquarters Army Potomac:
If you have not executed the sentence in the case of Private
Peter Gilner, Company F, Sixty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers,
let it be suspended until further orders. Report to me.
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 24, 1864.
Frank W. Bollard, New York:
I shall be happy to receive the deputation you mention.
A. Lincoln
War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 25, 1864.
George H. Braqoneer, Commanding at Cumberland, Md. :
Postpone the execution of Private Joseph Provost, until Friday
the 30th instant. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 25, 1864.
H. W. Hoffman, Baltimore, Md. :
Please come over and see me to-morrow, or as soon as convenient.
A. Lincoln.
ExECUTrvE Mansion,
Washington, September 27, 1864.
Governor Johnson, Nashville, Tenn. :
I am appealed to in behalf of Robert Bridges, who it is said
is to be executed next Friday. Please satisfy yourself, and give
me your opinion as to what ought be done. A. Lincoln.
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War Department,
Washington, D. C, September 28, 18G4.
Officer in Command at Nashville, Term. :
Execution of Jesse A. Broadway is hereby respited to Friday
the 14th day of October next. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion-,
Washington, September 29, 1864.
Officer in Command at Nashville, Tenn. :
Let the execution of Robert T. Bridges be suspended until fur-
ther order from me. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, September 30, 1864.
Major-General Butler, Bermuda Hundred, Va. :
Is there a man in your department by the name of James Hal-
lion, under sentence, and if so what is the sentence, and for what?
A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 1, 1864.
Officer in Command at Port Monroe, Va.:
Is there a man by the name James Hallion (I think) under
sentence ? And what is his offense \ What the sentence, and
when to be executed? A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 5, 1864.
Officer in Command, at Nashville, Tenn.:
Suspend execution of Thomas K. Miller until further order from
me. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 10, 1864 — 5 p. m.
Governor Cttrtfn, Harrisburg, Pa.:
Yours of to-day just this moment received, and the Secretary
having left it is impossible for me to answer to-day. I have not
received your letter from Erie. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 11, 1864.
General S. Cameron, Philadelphia, Pa.:
Am leaving office to go home. How does it stand now?
A. Lincoln.
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Executive Mansion,
October 12, 1864.
Major-General Meade, Headquarters Army of the Potomac:
The President directs suspension of execution in case of Albert
G. Lawrence, Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, until his fur-
ther order. John Hay,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 13, 1864.
Hon. G. S. Orth, Lafayette, Ind. :
I now incline to defer the appointment of judge until the meet-
ing of Congress. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, October 13, 1864.
Commandant at Nashville, Tenn.:
The sentence of Jesse Broadway has been commuted by the
President to imprisonment at hard labor for three years.
John Hay,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
(Cypher) War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 15, 1864.
Hon. H. W. Hoffman, Baltimore, Md. :
Come over to-night and see me. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 16, 1864.
Hon. J. K. Moorehead, Pittsburg, Pa.:
I do not remember about the Peter Gilner case, and must look
it up before I can answer. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, October 22, 1864.
William Price, District Attorney, Baltimore, Md. :
Yours received. Will see you any time when you present your-
self. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, October 25, 1864.
Officer in Command at Nashville, Tenn.:
Suspend execution of Young C. Edmonson, until further ordei
from here. Answer if you receive this. A. Lincoln.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, October 25, 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robinson, of Third Maryland Battalion,
near Petersburg, Va. :
Please inform me what is the condition of, and what is being
done with Lieut. Charles Saumenig, in your command.
A. Lincoln.
(Cypher) Executive Mansion,
Washington, October 30, 1864.
Hon. A. K. McClure, Harrisburg, Pa.:
I would like to hear from you. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, October 31, 1864.
Hon. Thomas T. Davis, Syracuse, N. Y.:
I have ordered that Milton D. Norton be discharged on taking
the oath. Please notify his mother. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 1, 1864.
Major-General Dix, New York:
Please suspend execution of Private P. Carroll until further
order. Acknowledge receipt. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 1, 1864.
Hon. A. Hobbs, Malone, N. Y. :
Where is Nathan Wilcox, of whom you telegraph, to be found?
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 2, 1864.
Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point:
Suspend until further order the execution of Nathan Wilcox of
Twenty -second Massachusetts Regiment Fifth Corps, said to be
at Repair Depot. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, November 2, 1864.
Hon. n. J. Raymond and General W. K. Strong, New York:
Telegraphed General Dix last night to suspend execution of P.
Carroll, and have his answer that the order is received by him.
A. Lincoln.
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Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 3, 1864.
Officer in Command at Lexington, Ky.:
Suspend execution of Vance Mason until further order. Ac-
knowledge receipt. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 3, 1864.
Major-General Meade:
Suspend execution of Samuel J. Smith, and George Brown,
alias George Kock, until further order and send record.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 4, 1864.
Major-General Burbridge, Lexington, Ky.:
Suspend execution of all the deserters ordered to be executed
on Sunday at Louisville, until further order, and send me the
records in the cases. Acknowledge receipt. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 5, 1864.
Officer in Command at Chattanooga, Tenn. :
Suspend execution of Robert W. Reed until further order and
send record. Answer. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 5, 1864.
Hon. W. H. Seward, Auburn, N. Y. :
No news of consequence this morning. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, November 10, 1864.
Major-General Rosecrans, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Suspend execution of Major Wolf until further order and mean-
while report to me on the case. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, November 10, 1864.
H. W. Hoffman, Baltimore. Md.:
The Maryland soldiers in the Army of the Potomac cast a
total vote of 1428, out of which we get 1160 majority. This is
directly from General Meade and General Grant. A. Lincoln.
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(Cypher) War Department,
Washington, D. C, November 15, 1864.
Major-General Thomas, Nashville, Term. :
How much force and artillery had Gillem? A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington, D. C, November 15, 1864.
W. H. Purnell, Baltimore, Md. :
I shall be happy to receive the committee on Thursday morning
(17th) as you propose. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 19, 1864.
Officer in Command at Davenport, Iowa:
Let the Indian "Big Eagle" be discharged. I ordered this
some time ago. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington City, November 24, 1864.
Hon. Henry M. Bice, Saint Paul, Minn.:
Have suspended execution of deserters named in your dispatch
until further orders from here. A. Lincoln.
War Department,
Washington City, November 24, 1864.
Officer in Command at Fort Snelling, Minn.:
Suspend execution of Patrick Kelly, John Lennor, Joel H.
Eastwood, Thomas J. Murray, and Hoffman until further order
from here. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, November 26, 1864.
Major-General Eosecrans :
Please telegraph me briefly on what charge and evidence Mrs.
Anna B. Martin has been sent to the Penitentiary at Alton.
A. Lincoln.
ExECUTrvE Mansion,
Washington, December 5, 1864.
Major-General Thomas, Nashville, Tenn. :
Let execution in the case of Oliver B. Wheeler, sergeant in the
Sixth Kegiment, Missouri Volunteers, under sentence of death
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for desertion at Chattanooga, on the 15th instant, be suspended
until further order, and forward record for examination.
A. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Please forward the above. Jno. G. Nicolay.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 7, 1864.
Governor Hall, Jefferson City, Mo.:
Complaint is made to me of the doings of a man at Hannibal,
Mo., by the name of Haywood, who, as I am told has charge of
some militia force, and is not in the U. S. service. Please inquire
into the matter and correct anything you may find amiss if in
your power. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C, December 8, 1864.
Colonel Fasleigh, Louisville, Ky.:
I am appealed to in behalf of a man by the name of Frank
Fairbairns, said to have been for a long time, and still in prison,
without any definite ground stated. How is it?
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
December 8, 1864.
Major-General Eosecrans, Commanding, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Let execution in case of John Berry and James Berry be sus-
pended until further order. A. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Will you please hurry off the above? To-morrow is the day of
execution. John Hay,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 14, 1864.
Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point, Va. :
Please have execution of John McNulty, alias Joseph Eiley,
Company E, Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers, suspended arid
record sent to me. A. Lincoln.
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Executive Man-:
"Was him. ton, December L6, 18G4.
Officer in Command at Chattanooga, Tenn.:
It is said that Harry Walters, a private in the Anderson cav-
alry, is now and. for a long time has been in prison at Chattanooga.
Please report to me what is his condition, and for what he is im-
prisoned. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 20, 1864.
Major-General Wallace, Baltimore, Md. :
Suspend execution of James P. Boilean until further order from
here. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 22, 1864.
Officer in Command at Saint Joseph, Mo. :
Poutpone the execution of Iligswell, Holland, and Way, for
twenty days. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 22, 1864.
Officer in Command at Indianapolis, Ind. :
Postpone the execution of John Doyle Lennan, alias Thomas
DoyLe, for ten days. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 28, 1864.
Officer in Command at Nashville, Tenn. :
Suspend execution of James P.. Mallory, for six weeks from Fri-
day the 30th of this month, which time I have given his friends
to make proof, if they can, upon certain points.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 29, 1864.
Ma job-General Butler :
There is a man in Company T, Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers,
First Brigade, Third Division, Twenty-fourth Army Corps, at
Chain's Farm, Va., under the assumed name of William Stanley,
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but whose real name is Frank R. Judd, and who is under arrest,
and probably about to be tried for desertion. He is the son of our
present minister to Prussia, who is a close personal friend of
Senator Trumbull and myself. We are not willing for the boy
to be shot, but we think it as well that his trial go regularly on,
suspending execution until further order from me and reporting
to me. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 29, 1864.
Officer in Command at Louisville, Ky. :
Suspend execution of death sentence of George S. Owen, until
further orders, and forward record of trial for examination.
A. Lincoln.
Major Eckert:
Please send the above telegram. Yours,
Jno. G. Nicolay.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 30, 1864.
Colonel Warner, Indianapolis, Ind. :
It is said that you were on the court martial that tried John
Lennon, and that you are disposed to advise his being pardoned
and sent to his regiment. If this be true, telegraph me to that
effect at once. A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, December 31, 1864.
Col. A. J. Warner, Indianapolis, Ind.:
Suspend execution of John Lennon until further order from
me and in the meantime send me the record of his trial.
A. Lincoln.
Executive Mansion,
Washington, January 4, 1865.
John Williams, Springfield, 111.:
Let Trumbo's substitute be regularly mustered in, send me
the evidence that it is done and I will then discharge Trumbo.
A. Lincoln.
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Executive Mansion,
Washington, January 6, 1865.
Lieutenant-General Grant, City Point:
If there is a man at City Point by the name of Waterman
Thornton who is in trouble about desertion, please have his case
briefly stated to me and do not let him be executed meantime.