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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Genl. Pickering: Executive Mansion Oct. 7. 1861

You wish to be Governor of Washington. Last spring when I appointed Dr. Jayne,2Open page I was greatly pressed to appoint a man presented by the Methodist people through Bishop Simpson & others, and I then said, if I should appoint another Governor of a Territory from Illinois, it should be their man. I do not know that their man will accept that to Washington; but it must be offered to him; and if he declines it, you may have, it. Your Obt. Servt.

A. LINCOLN