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Title: Abraham Lincoln; a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents -- United States United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York, The Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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ct Major Anderson to retire fromdum. MS. Sumter forthwith. Chase,Memoran dum. MS. service. Mr. Chase wrote: If war is to be the consequence of an attempt to provi-sion Fort Sumter, war will just as certainly result fromthe attempt to maintain possession of Fort Pickens. I am clearly in favor of maintaining Fort Pickens, andjust as clearly in favor of provisioning Fort Sumter. If that attempt be resisted by military force Fort Sum-ter should, in my judgment, be reenforced. If war is to be the result, I perceive no reason why itmay not be best begun in consequence of military resist-ance to the efforts of the Administration to sustain troopsof the Union, stationed under the authority of the Gov-ernment, in a fort of the Union, in the ordinary course of Mr. Welles wiote: I concur in the proposition to send an armed force offCharleston, with supplies of provisions and reenforce-ments for the garrison at Fort Sumter, and of communi-cating at the proper time the intentions of the Government
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