A. LINCOLN.

[The Lincoln papers during this time have a suspended execution on almost every other page, I have omitted most of these D.W.]

[ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]

TELEGRAM TO T. W. SWEENEY.

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., October 16, 1863.

THOMAS W. SWEENEY, Continental, Philadelphia:

Tad is teasing me to have you forward his pistol to him.

A. LINCOLN. [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]

TELEGRAM TO T. C. DURANT.

WASHINGTON, D. C., October 16, 1863.