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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[1] ALS, owned by Misses Catherine and Martha Pickering, and Mrs. Mary Streever, Jamaica, New York. William H. Wallace, Lincoln's first appointee as governor of Washington Territory, resigned upon becoming delegate to congress. Bishop Matthew Simpson's candidate was John Evans of Chicago, who declined the appointment on October 28, in view of `` . . . the remoteness of that Territory rendering a residence there incompatible with occasional attention to my interests in Illinois. . . . '' (DLC-RTL.) William Pickering's appointment was confirmed by the Senate December 19, 1861.

[2] William Jayne, governor of Dakota Territory, nominated to the Senate March 23, confirmed March 27, 1861.