Simon Cameron to Donn Piatt, May 2, 1861

Washington, D. C, May 2, 1861.

Hon. Donn Piatt:

In reply to your dispatch to Gov. Chase, I regret to be obliged to decline your patriotic offer of a company of cavalry.

Simon Cameron.

SOURCE: Charles Grant Miller, Donn Piatt: His Work and His Ways, p. 143