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 Simon Cameron1Jump to section

Hon. Sec. of War Executive Mansion
My dear Sir August 17, 1861

These gentlemen---Samuel Gamage, and Charles R. Saunders---are Californians, who were well recommended for offices which have been given to others. I am now willing that they should be appointed Pay-Masters of Volunteers, as Californias. Yours truly

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DLC-Cameron Papers. Samuel Gamage was appointed captain and commissary of subsistence of Volunteers September 7, 1861. Charles R. Saunders was appointed additional paymaster of Volunteers September 5, 1861, but was rejected by the Senate March 6, 1862. See Lincoln's memoranda to Cameron on these appointments, August 29, and September 4, infra.

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