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Letter from Henry T. Leslie to Abraham Lincoln, September 23, 1862

Confidential

Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. Sepr 23. 1862

To the President of the Northern States of America Sir,

I should be glad to bring before your notice a new instrument for war, of which I am the inventor. I am prepared to show that its power is far beyond anything ever yet introduced in any country in the world, while its simplicity, portability, and adaptation to every kind of warfare will render it invaluable whenever it is adopted.

The work of a thousand men could be performed in places & positions where not more than from 30 to 50 could find room, an incessant & most destructive

Letter from Henry T. Leslie to Abraham Lincoln, September 23, 1862