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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[1] AES-P, ISLA. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the back of a letter from Bland Ballard, Louisville, Kentucky, August 20, 1861, asking that his brotherin-law William P. McDowell, a cousin of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell, be given a commission. Although the middle initial is not clearly ``P'' in Ballard's letter, it seems possible that William P.McDowell, appointed first lieutenant and adjutant in the Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry December 14, 1861, was the same man.