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Letter from Schuyler Colfax to George McClellan

Creator:: Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885
Collection:: Lincoln Signed Documents
Location:: Washington, D.C.
Date of Original:: 1861
Description:: Letter, 26 cm, written by Schuyler Colfax (headed 'House of Rep.') requesting that McClellan remove the 9th Indiana Regiment and General Milroy from Cheat Mountain Summit 'to some region where they can see an enemy.' On the reverse side of the document Abraham Lincoln has written 'I would be very glad for Mr. Colfax to be obliged in the matter within if at all consistent with public service' and dated Dec. 13, 1861. Docketing on reverse in third hand with date of receipt from AGO noted (December 17, 1861).
Subject:: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885--Correspondence; McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885--Correspondence; United States--Army--Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908300052
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908300052
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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