Abraham Lincoln — The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. VII Chap. 2.232

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.