History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... DEPARTMENT OF STATE , April 22 , 1861 . His Excellency Thos . H. Hicks , Governor of Maryland : SIR : I have had the honor to receive your communication of this morning , in which you inform me that you have felt it to be your duty to ...
... DEPARTMENT OF STATE , April 22 , 1861 . His Excellency Thos . H. Hicks , Governor of Maryland : SIR : I have had the honor to receive your communication of this morning , in which you inform me that you have felt it to be your duty to ...
Page 138
... Department . Within these States all the forts , arsenals , dock - yards , custom - houses and the like , including the movable and stationary property in and about them , had been seized , and were held in open hostility to this Govern ...
... Department . Within these States all the forts , arsenals , dock - yards , custom - houses and the like , including the movable and stationary property in and about them , had been seized , and were held in open hostility to this Govern ...
Page 139
... Department on the 4th of March , was by that Department placed in his hands . This letter ex- pressed the professional opinion of the writer , that re - enforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the time for his relief ...
... Department on the 4th of March , was by that Department placed in his hands . This letter ex- pressed the professional opinion of the writer , that re - enforcements could not be thrown into that fort within the time for his relief ...
Page 157
... department , acted upon the same prin- ciple . The question first arose in Virginia , simultaneously at Fortress Monroe and in the western part of the state . On the 26th of May , General McClellan issued an address to the peo- ple of ...
... department , acted upon the same prin- ciple . The question first arose in Virginia , simultaneously at Fortress Monroe and in the western part of the state . On the 26th of May , General McClellan issued an address to the peo- ple of ...
Page 159
... and at least twice in each month , your action in the premises to this Department . You will , however , neither authorize nor permit any interference , by the troops under your command , with the servants of peaceful citizens.
... and at least twice in each month , your action in the premises to this Department . You will , however , neither authorize nor permit any interference , by the troops under your command , with the servants of peaceful citizens.
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