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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June 11, 1861

I have just inclosed to you the recommendation of Gov. Sprague that Gen. James B. M. Potter, be appointed a Paymaster. Immediately afterwards, the Paymaster General called, protesting, as I wrote you, against all these appointments being made from civil life. He said, however, there will be a large number of these appointments, to be made for the volunteers. Can we not fill the first two from the Regular Army, & then give Gen. Potter a chance? We owe Rhode-Island and Gov. Sprague, a good deal, because they give us such good troops, and no trouble.

June. 11. 1861 A. LINCOLN