Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Montgomery C. Meigs1Jump to section

September 23, 1861

The within recommendations of James H. McKay are excellent and most ample and proper and he should be appointed if there be any vacancy A. LINCOLN

Sept 23. 1861

Annotation

[1] AES, owned by Mary L. Callwell, San Francisco, California. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope. The papers referred to are no longer with the endorsement. James H. McKay of Illinois was nominated to the Senate as captain and assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, April 7, and confirmed April 14, 1862.

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