Memorandum:
Appointment of Ethelbert P. Oliphant1Jump to section
Ethelbert P. Oliphant, of Uniontown, Pa. is an old acquaintance of mine; and I wish, if I can make it reasonably convenient to give him a place. He prefers a Judgeship in Nebraska; but I am to try to find something for him, either in the Departments here, or elsewhere.
Swamp-land matter.
Annotation
[1] AD, DLC-RTL. Oliphant to Lincoln, July 28, 1859, recalled that `` . . . our first acquaintance and interview, took place in the Spring of 1832 at `Salem'. . . . Our next meeting was in the `bloody Fourth' . . . where we were `fratres miles' in the Black Hawk War. . . . '' Oliphant's letter of April 5, 1861, asked for a judgeship in the swamp land division of the General Land Office: ``Allow me however just modestly to remark, that I think I am deserving of something better. . . . '' (DLC-RTL). Lincoln appointed Oliphant associate justice of Washington Territory.