[Telegram—Copy]
Washington D. C.
April 1st, 1861
Rec'd. Brooklyn, 6.50
p.m.
Commandant of the Navy Yard.
Fit out the “Powhatan” to go to sea at the earliest possible
moment, under sealed orders. Orders by a confidential messenger go forward
to-morrow.
Abraham Lincoln.
SOURCES: Robert Means Thompson & Richard Wainwright,
Editors, Publications of the Naval Historical Society, Volume 9: Confidential
Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865,
Volume 1, p. 15; Roy P. Basler, Editor, Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 4, p. 313
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