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 Edward Bates1Jump to section

Hon. Attorney Genl. Executive Mansion March 18, 1861

A marshal for Kansas is needed at once; and unless the papers in your office show the appointment of some other person to be more proper, make out and send me a blank for James L. McDowell. Yours &c A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, owned by Mrs. R. T. Kellogg, Silver City, New Mexico. James L. McDowell, mayor of Leavenworth (1859), received the appointment.

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