The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 Papyras Classics

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Chapter 221

Telegram to Colonel Fasleigh

Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C., December 8, 1864.

COLONEL FASLEIGH, Louisville, Ky.:

I am appealed to in behalf of a man by the name of Frank Fairbairns, said to have been for a long time and still in prison, without any definite ground stated. How is it?

A. LINCOLN.