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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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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln4. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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Memoranda:
Appointment of Charles H. Tillinghast1

Gen. James, of Rhode Island, wishes Charles H. Tillinghast, of N. Y. nephew of the Genl. to be a cadet at West-Point.

May 22d 1861.

Charles H. Tillinghast, already on the list for West-Point appointments, to be marked, as from Rhode-Island.

Gen. James, wants this.

Annotation

[1]   AD, DNA WR RG 94, U. S. Military Academy, 1861, No. 846, Box 79. The first memorandum is dated May 22, 1861, by a hand not Lincoln's. The second is undated. Charles T. James was an ex-senator from Rhode Island (1851-1857) and major general of the Rhode Island militia.

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