Abraham Lincoln - The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 4.128) lyrics

To Joseph Holt, Executive Mansion, September 12, 1861 HON. JOSEPH HOLT. DEAR SIR:—Yours of this day in relation to the late proclamation of General Fremont is received yesterday I addressed a letter to him, by mail, on the same subject, and which is to be made public when he receives it. I herewith send you a copy of that letter, which perhaps shows my position as distinctly as any new one I could write. I will thank you not to make it public until General Fremont shall have had time to receive the original. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN.