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

Q. M. Genl.

Please do the proper thing as to the within.

Sep. 27. 1861 A. Lincoln

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[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a telegram from William Thomas, secretary of the Illinois department of army auditors, Springfield, Illinois, September 25, 1861, ``We hear nothing from Washington. Mulligan's brigade is on our hands and no money to purchase a ration. We have sent over fifty thousand (50,000) men . . . without a Quarter Master. . . . '' (DLC-RTL). Colonel James A. Mulligan of the Twenty-third Illinois Infantry was offered, but declined, appointment as brigadier general. Meigs' endorsement in reply to Lincoln's is as follows: ``Capt. [Asher R.] Eddy a regular quarter master is ordered to Springfield to assist the Governor.''

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