Washington, Oct. 14,
[1863].
Dr. John McCook: Accept my thanks for your telegrams. I am
proud of my native town, and rejoice that the enemies of their country have
been so signally rebuked. Give my cordial congratulations and thanks to my patriotic
neighbors and friends.
EDWIN M. STANTON.
SOURCE: Joseph Beatty Doyle, In Memoriam, Edwin McMasters Stanton,
His Life and Work, p. 205
