Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Telegram To General Meade
by Abraham Lincoln
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
September 17, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE,
Headquarters Army of Potomac:
Yours in relation to Albert Jones is received. I am appealed to in
behalf of Richard M. Abrams of Company A, Sixth New Jersey
Volunteers, by Governor Parker, Attorney-General Frelinghuysen,
Governor Newell, Hon. Mr. Middleton, M. C., of the district, and the
marshal who arrested him. I am also appealed to in behalf of Joseph
S. Smith, of Company A, Eleventh New Jersey Volunteers, by Governor
Parker, Attorney-General Frelinghuysen, and Hon. Marcus C. Ward.
Please state the circumstances of their cases to me.
