dignitaries departing from Harrisburg and Washington
From The Papers And Writings Of Abraham
Lincoln, Volume Seven:
TO SECRETARY CHASE
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 17, 1863.
HON. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
MY DEAR SIR:—I expected to see you here at Cabinet meeting, and to say something about going to Gettysburg. There will be a train to take and return us. The time for starting is not yet fixed, but when it shall be I will notify you.
Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
The only cabinet members who accompanied the president to Gettysburg were Secretaries Seward and Usher and Postmaster General Blair.
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