Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Telegram To L. Swett
by Abraham Lincoln
[Cipher.]
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, July 15, 1863.
HON. L SWETT, San Francisco, Cal.:
Many persons are telegraphing me from California, begging me for the
peace of the State to suspend the military enforcement of the writ of
possession in the Almaden case, while you are the single one who
urges the contrary. You know I would like to oblige you, but it
seems to me my duty in this case is the other way.
