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 Gideon Welles1Jump to section

Hon. Sec. of Navy, Executive Mansion.
My dear Sir:--- April 15, 1861.

I must relieve myself of the remaining California appointments. The charge against Samuel Bell is unsustained, and, in fact, in a good degree, disproved. I therefore request that you send me a Commission for him as Navy Agent Very truly,

A. LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1] Angle, pp. 267-68. Samuel Bell had served as comptroller of California and was a delegate to the Chicago convention in 1860. Eugene L. Sullivan to Welles, March 15, 1861, asks that his previous letter of recommendation for Bell be withdrawn: `` . . . I have learned . . . his record as Comptroller of the State of California is not altogether clear.'' (DLC-RTL). See also Lincoln to Welles, May 8, infra, concerning Bell's appointment.

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