... W. GRIMES. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, D.C., Oc- tober 29, 1863. HON. JAMES W. GRIMES. MY DEAR SIR :—The above act of Congress was passed, as I s... ...I fear there is some danger that it will be used to shut out proper ones. Iowa, having an entire Union delegation, will be one of the States the atte... ...recently in regard to troops in New York, except in his letter to Governor Seymour of October 21, which has been published in the news- papers of that... ... H. HACKETT [Private.] EXECUTIVE MAN- SION, W ASHINGTON, November 2, 1863. JAMES H. HACKETT. MY DEAR SIR:—Y ours of October 22d is received, as also w... .... 18 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven TELEGRAM to E. H. AND E. JAMESON. WAR DE- PARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 13, 1863. E. H. and ... ...r 15, 1863. MOTHER MARY GONYEAG , Superior, Academy of Visitation, Keokuk, Iowa: The President has no authority as to whether you may raffle for the b... ...le for the benevolent object you mention. If there is no objection in the Iowa laws, there is none here. A. LINCOLN. 48 The Writings of Abraham Linc... ...and of Sigel during to-day? A. LINCOLN. FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, July 5, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY HORATIO... ...EYMOUR. W AR DEPARTMENT, W ASHINGTON, July 5, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY HORATIO SEYMOUR, Governor of New Y ork, Albany: The President directs me to inform ...

...on Smith. Commander Charles Stewart Boggs Commander John De Camp Commander James Alden. Commander David D. Porter. Commander Richard Wain- wright. Com... ...and shall do all I could and can to sustain you. Hoped that the opening of James River and putting W ool and Burnside in communication, with an open r... ...s of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six better towards Y ork River than towards the James. As Pope now has charge of the capital, please confer with him throug... ...s the root of the rebellion, or at least its sine qua non. The ambition of politicians may have instigated them to act, but they would have been impot... ... was, either secretly a supporter of the South, or, what is more likely, a politician readying for a different campaign: that of the Presidency of the... ...entucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kan- sas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Territories of Dakota, Nebraska, and part of Color... ...’ works you ranged the glass upon for me? A. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, May 12, 1863. GOVERNOR SEYMOUR, Alba... ...e 3000 Irish troops if done by the consent of and in concert with Governor Seymour. A. LINCOLN. 318 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TELEGRA... ...OLN. 362 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TELEGRAM FROM GOVERNOR SEYMOUR. AL- BANY, August 1, 1863. Recvd 2 P.M. TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNI...

...h the same name should be given to two streets, one of which en- tered St. James’s Park at Buckingham Gate, while the other started from the Park at M... ...uilding is used for museums and lectures, and was given to the city by one James Smithsonian, an Englishman. I cannot say that the City of Washington ... ...nstellations of those Western stars—of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, and Iowa; nor did he dream of Texas conquered, Louisiana purchased, and Missour... ... had then been admitted, as a free State, since Michigan, in 1836. In 1846 Iowa was admit- ted as a free State, and from that day to this Wisconsin, C... ...ned to Cincinnati, in making which journey we were taken to a place called Seymour, in Indi- ana, at which spot we were to “make connection” with the ... .... We did make the connection, but were called upon to remain four hours at Seymour in conse- quence of some accident on the line. In the same way, whe... ... the main street of the town, and forms not unfrequently the only road. At Seymour I could find no way of getting away from the rails unless I went in... ...that everything has been referred to the universal suffrage of the people. James Madison, who suc- ceeded Jefferson as President, was a pupil in this ... ...ay in which this will work, I will name the two States of Rhode Island and Iowa as opposed to each other, and the two States of Massachusetts and Indi...

...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...er prepared to receive the shock and to resist it. I there- fore voted for James Buchanan for President. Four years later the Republican party was suc... ... little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. These generally knew I had been a captain in the regu- lar army and h... ...ection of the State. It embraced the sons of farmers, lawyers, physicians, politicians, merchants, bankers and ministers, and some men of ma- turer ye... ... late. Fred was al- ready on his way up the Mississippi bound for Dubuque, Iowa, from which place there was a railroad to Galena. My sensations as we ... ...constitute the left wing. Third.—The Seventeenth army corps, Major-General James B. McPherson commanding, will constitute the centre. 254 Personal Me... ...ded as soon as pos- sible to either Aiken’s landing below Dutch Gap on the James River, or to Vicksburg, there to be exchanged, or paroled until they ... ...r-Generals, and Colo- nels C. C. Marsh, 20th Illinois, M. M. Crocker, 13th Iowa J. A. Mower, 11th Missouri, M. D. Leggett, 78th Ohio, J. D. Stevenson,... ...rst Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Wm. H. Morris. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. T . Seymour. Artillery Brigade, Col. C. H. Tompkins Maj.-Gen. P . H. Sheri...