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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Page 296

To Robert Irwin1Jump to section

Private Robert Irwin, Esq Washington D. C.
My dear Sir: March 20. 1861

I am scared about your friend Dennison. The place is so fiercely sought by, and for, others, while, except what has come through you, his name is not mentioned at all, that I fear appointing him will appear too arbitrary on my part. I have made no appointments at the city as yet; but it has pained me that among the scores of names urged, his has not occurred once. Your tired friend A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1] ALS, IHi. Robert Irwin to Lincoln, February 27, 1861, asked for the appointment of attorney George Denison of New York as naval officer of the port of New York, and an undated note requests ``for the last time . . . cannot you consistently give my Friend Denison the appointment he has solicited. . . . '' (DLC-RTL). For further developments in this appointment, see Lincoln to Chase, May 16 and 18, infra.

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