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[1] AE, DNA RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1861, No. 295, Box 78. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from John D. Caton, July 13, 1861, recommending appointment of the son of the late Governor Thomas Ford of Illinois to West Point. Representative William Kellogg's own son William, Jr., received the appointment from his father's district, and since George S. Ford received no appointment, the ``swap'' must have fallen through.