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Edwin M. Stanton writes to B.B. French requesting a name of a case he cannot recall because a previous memo containing that name cannot be found. A stationer's mark is located in the upper left corner.

William Joshua Allen writes to his mother about a visit he and two southern "fire-eaters" had with President-elect Lincoln. Allen mentions attempts of other southerners to assassinate Lincoln by sending him poisoned fruit.