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The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete

Volume 7 — TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 8, 1864.

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MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, St. Louis, Missouri:

Yours of to-day received. I am unable to conceive how a message can be less safe by the express than by a staff-officer. If you send a verbal message, the messenger is one additional person let into the secret.

A. LINCOLN

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