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EXECUTIVE MANSION,
October 12, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE, Headquarters Army of the Potomac:
The President directs suspension of execution in case of Albert
G. Lawrence, Sixteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, until his fur-
ther order.
JOHN HAY,

Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, D. C., October 13, 1864.

HON. G. S. ORTH, Lafayette, Ind.:

I now incline to defer the appointment of judge until the meeting of Congress.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, October 13, 1864.

COMMANDANT at Nashville, Tenn.:

The sentence of Jesse Broadway has been commuted by the President to imprisonment at hard labor for three years.

JOHN HAY,

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HON. J. K. MOOREHEAD, Pittsburg, Pa.:

I do not remember about the Peter Gilner case, and must look it up before I can answer.

A. LINCOLN.

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WILLIAM PRICE, District Attorney, Baltimore, Md.:

Yours received. Will see you any time when you present yourself.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, D. C., October 25, 1864.

OFFICER IN COMMAND at Nashville, Tenn.:

Suspend execution of Young C. Edmonson, until further order

from here. Answer if you receive this.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, October 25, 1864.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL ROBINSON, of Third Maryland Battalion,

near Petersburg, Va.:

Please inform me what is the condition of, and what is being done with Lieut. Charles Saumenig, in your command.

(Cypher)

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, October 30, 1864.

HON. A. K. MCCLURE, Harrisburg, Pa.:

I would like to hear from you.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, D. C., October 31, 1864.

HON. THOMAS T. DAVIS, Syracuse, N. Y.:

I have ordered that Milton D. Norton be discharged on taking the oath. Please notify his mother.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 1, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL DIX, New York:

Please suspend execution of Private P. Carroll until further order. Acknowledge receipt.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, November 1, 1864.

HON. A. HOBBS, Malone, N. Y.:

Where is Nathan Wilcox, of whom you telegraph, to be found?

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, City Point:

Suspend until further order the execution of Nathan Wilcox of Twenty-second Massachusetts Regiment Fifth Corps, said to be at Repair Depot. A. LINCOLN.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 2, 1864.

HON. H. J. RAYMOND and GENERAL W. K. STRONG, New York:
Telegraphed General Dix last night to suspend execution of P.
Carroll, and have his answer that the order is received by him.
A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 3, 1864.

OFFICER IN COMMAND at Lexington, Ky.:

Suspend execution of Vance Mason until further order. Ac

knowledge receipt.

MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE:

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, November 3, 1864.

Suspend execution of Samuel J. Smith, and George Brown, alias George Rock, until further order and send record.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, November 4, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL BURBRIDGE, Lexington, Ky.:

Suspend execution of all the deserters ordered to be executed on Sunday at Louisville, until further order, and send me the records in the cases. Acknowledge receipt. A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 5, 1864.

OFFICER IN COMMAND at Chattanooga, Tenn.:

Suspend execution of Robert W. Reed until further order and

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 10, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, Saint Louis, Mo.:

Suspend execution of Major Wolf until further order and meanwhile report to me on the case.

A. LINCOLN.

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H. W. HOFFMAN, Baltimore, Md.:

The Maryland soldiers in the Army of the Potomac cast a total vote of 1428, out of which we get 1160 majority. This is directly from General Meade and General Grant. A. LINCOLN.

(Cypher)

WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, D. C., November 15, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn.:
How much force and artillery had Gillem?

A. LINCOLN.

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W. H. PURNELL, Baltimore, Md.:

I shall be happy to receive the committee on Thursday morning (17th) as you propose.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 19, 1864.

OFFICER IN COMMAND at Davenport, Iowa:

Let the Indian "Big Eagle" be discharged. I ordered this

some time ago.

A. LINCOLN.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON CITY, November 24, 1864.

HON. HENRY M. RICE, Saint Paul, Minn.:

Have suspended execution of deserters named in your dispatch until further orders from here.

A. LINCOLN.

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON CITY, November 24, 1864.

OFFICER IN COMMAND at Fort Snelling, Minn.:

Suspend execution of Patrick Kelly, John Lennor, Joel H. Eastwood, Thomas J. Murray, and Hoffman until further order from here. A. LINCOLN.

MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS:

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, November 26, 1864.

Please telegraph me briefly on what charge and evidence Mrs. 'Anna B. Martin has been sent to the Penitentiary at Alton.

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 5, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn.:

Let execution in the case of Oliver B. Wheeler, sergeant in the Sixth Regiment, Missouri Volunteers, under sentence of death

for desertion at Chattanooga, on the 15th instant, be suspended until further order, and forward record for examination.

MAJOR ECKERT:

Please forward the above.

A. LINCOLN.

JNO. G. NICOLAY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 7, 1864.

GOVERNOR HALL, Jefferson City, Mo.:

Complaint is made to me of the doings of a man at Hannibal, Mo., by the name of Haywood, who, as I am told has charge of some militia force, and is not in the U. S. service. Please inquire into the matter and correct anything you may find amiss if in your power. A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1864.

COLONEL FASLEIGH, Louisville, Ky.:

I am appealed to in behalf of a man by the name of Frank Fairbairns, said to have been for a long time, and still in prison, without any definite ground stated. How is it?

A. LINCOLN.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
December 8, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, Commanding, Saint Louis, Mo.:
Let execution in case of John Berry and James Berry be sus-
pended until further order.
A. LINCOLN.

MAJOR ECKERT:

Will you please hurry off the above? To-morrow is the day of execution.

JOHN HAY, 'Assistant Adjutant-General.

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, December 14, 1864.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va.:

Please have execution of John McNulty, alias Joseph Riley, Company E, Sixth New Hampshire Volunteers, suspended and record sent to me.

'A. LINCOLN.

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