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WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., June 28, 1862.
His Excellency E. D. MORGAN and THURLOW WEED, Esq.,
Albany, N. Y.:
Meet me at Astor House to-morrow night, the 29th instant.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
[JUNE 29, 1862.- For Lincoln and Stanton to Seward, relating to McClellan's operations on the Peninsula, &c., see Series I, Vol. XI, Part III, pp.274, 275.]
NEW YORK, June 30, 1862.
(Received 10.45 a.m.)
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON:
Should it be deemed expedient to place funds in the hands of Governors for replenishing the Army,how much of the Adjutant- General's fund for collecting, organizing, and drilling volunteers is remaining and available?
WM. H. SEWARD.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, D. C, June 30, 1862-11.10 a.m.
Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Astor House, New York:
The Adjutant-General has $9,000,000. He says that there is an officer in every State to pay expenses.
EDWIN M. STANTON.
NEW YORK, June 30, 1862.
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Am getting a foundation for an increase of 150,000. Shall have an important step to communicate to-night or to-morrow morning. Governors Morgan and Curtin here, and communicate with others by telegraph. Let me have reliable information when convenient, as it steadies my operations. Your dispatch of this morning received.
WM. H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
ASTOR HOUSE, New York, June 30, 1862-5 p.m.
(Received 6.30 p.m.)
Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON:
The following is a copy of proposed memorial from the Governors to the President of the United States:
The undersigned, Governors of States of the Union, impressed with the belief that the citizens of the States which they respectively represent are of one accord in the hearty desire that the recent successes of the Federal arms may be followed up by measures which must insure the speedy restoration of the Union; and believing that in view of the present state of the important military movement now in progress and the reduced condition of our effective forces in the field, resulting from the usual unavoidable casualties of the service, that the time has arrived for prompt
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