Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Henry E. Dummer1Jump to section

Dear Dummer: [January 23? 1849]

Your letter was received by me; and a copy of the body of it sent to the P.O.D. Then came the above & accompanying, which you will readily understand A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, owned by Rev. Thomas W. Smith, San Carlos, California. This note is written on the bottom of a letter from R. A. Lacey of the Post Office Department Appointment Office, dated January 22, 1849. Lacey requests Lincoln to transmit enclosures concerning appointment of a new postmaster at Beardstown, Illinois, to ``some neighboring Postmaster---or other reliable person,'' who will notify citizens to send in expressions of their wishes concerning a new appointment.

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