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The Board adjourns to meet at 10 am Dec 1^st

A.

Executive Mansion
Washington Oct 10, 1864

I was present at Fort Stevens (I think) on the afternoon of July 12^th 1864, when some houses in front were shelled by our guns, and understanding that the Military officers in command thought it necessary the shelling of the houses proper and necessary. I certainly gave my approbation to it being done

A. Lincoln