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 Jesse K. Dubois1Jump to section

Hon. J. K. Dubois: Washington,
My dear Sir March 30. 1861

I was nearly as sorry as you can be at not being able to give Mr. Luce the appointment you desired for him. Of course I could have done it; but it would have been against the united, earnest, and, I add, angry protest of the republican delegation of Minnesota, in which state the office is located. So far as I understand, it is unprecedented, [to] send an officer into a state against the wishes of the members of congress of the State, and of the same party. Your friend as ever A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, IHi. Dubois to Lincoln, March 27, 1861, expressed disappointment that John P. Luse, his son-in-law, failed to receive the appointment as Northern superintendent of Indian affairs for Minnesota: ``My heart was set on this application for him, as in his appointment I could have transferred my dying daughter from the Wabash Valley to the healthy climate of Minessotta and perhaps prolonged her life. . . . '' (DLC-RTL). See Lincoln's endorsement on letter from Dubois, (c. March 17, 1861), supra.

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