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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Volume 6 — TELEGRAM TO GENERAL A. E. BURNSIDE.

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WASHINGTON, September 11, 1863.

MAJOR-GENERAL BURNSIDE, Cumberland Gap:

Yours received. A thousand thanks for the late successes you have given us. We cannot allow you to resign until things shall be a little more settled in East Tennessee. If then, purely on your own account, you wish to resign, we will not further refuse you.

A. LINCOLN

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