Abraham Lincoln
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 5.51)
Telegram To General Mcclellan

Executive Mansion, Washington, May 1, 1862

MAJOR-GENERAL McCLELLAN:

Your call for Parrott guns from Washington alarms me, chiefly because it argues indefinite procrastination. Is anything to be done?

A. LINCOLN.