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Lincoln's Response to Senate's Request


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President Lincoln's written response to the Senate's request for Major Robert Anderson's dispatches.

credit: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916. Abraham Lincoln to Senate, Tuesday, March 26, 1861 (Refuses to release documents pertaining to Fort Sumter). Available at Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress Manuscript Division (Washington D.C.: Abraham Lincoln papers:, 2000-02), accessed 04-13-2011.

President Lincoln's response to the Senate's request for Major Robert Anderson's dispatches.