Abraham Lincoln
The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VI (Chap. 2.64)
Telegram To General Hooker.

Washington D.C., April 12, 1863

MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER:

Your letter by the hand of General Butterfield is received, and will be conformed to. The thing you dispense with would have been ready by mid-day to-morrow.

A. LINCOLN