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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Memorandum: Appointment of Oliver G. Abell1Jump to section

[c. April 1, 1861]

Oliver G. Abell is an applicant for a Land-Office on the Pacific. Mr. Abell is the child of very intimate friends of mine, and I would like, if possible, to oblige him.

Annotation

[1] AD, DNA NR RG 48, Applications, Registers and Receivers, General Land Office, California, 1852-1868, Box 1276. Oliver G. Abell is listed as a clerk in the General Land Office in Washington in 1863. He was the son of Lincoln's old friend at New Salem, Illinois, Bennett Abell. His letter of April, 1861, is in the Lincoln Papers.

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