Letter from Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln

Letter from Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Jews

Letter from Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln taking issue with his decision to revoke Ulysses S. Grant's General Orders No. 11, expelling Jews from his military department.

Elihu B. Washburne

The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

1863-01-06

AB, PP

Public Domain

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English

From Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln,
Mr. Lincoln:
I see a report that you have revoked Grants' order touching the Jews.--I hope not. I consider it the wisest order yet made by a Military Command, and from my own personal observation, I believe it was necessary. As the friend of that distinguished Soldier, Genl. Grant, I want to be heard before the final order of revocation goes out, if it be contemplated to issue such an order. There are two sides to his question.
Truly &c.
E B Washburne

Washburne, Elihu. Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln, January 1864 (Sends clipping). Letter. From Library of Congress, "The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, General Correspondence. 1833-1916" http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mal&fileName=mal1/210/2102600/malpage.db&recNum=0 (accessed December 18, 2016).