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My dear Sir: I have felt myself obliged to refuse the post-office at this place to my old friend Nathan Sargent, which wounds him, and consequently me, very deeply. He now says there is an office in your department, called the ``Commissioner of Customs,'' which
the incumbent, a Mr. Ingham, wishes to vacate. I will be much obliged if you agree for me to appoint Mr. Sargent to this place.
Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.
[1] NH, VI, 269. Sargent received the place of commissioner of customs vacated by Samuel Ingham of Connecticut.