To Richard Yates1Jump to section
[September 13, 1861]
The bearer of this Victor B. Bell is an Illinoisan, and one of the cleverest and best business men in the State. He wishes to get a
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.
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- 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 24, 2025.
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position not lower than Captain in some volunteer Regiment; and I shall be greatly obliged if you can assist him in it.
Please take some special interest in it. You never served a better man, or one who will more amply appreciate and justify what you may do for him. Yours Truly A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] Copy, IHi-Yates Papers. The copy is contained in Bell to Yates, September 14, 1861, in which Bell says, ``I hold a letter of introduction to you from Pres Lincoln, dated on yesterday of which [the] following is a copy. . . . '' There is no record of Bell's appointment by Governor Yates. See also Lincoln to Cameron, August 22, supra, concerning Bell.