Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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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 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
This appointment I suppose can be made with propriety.
Dec. 16. 1861. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES-P, ISLA. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Joshua F. Speed and Robert Mallory, December 14, 1861, requesting appointment of William P. Graves as a first or second lieutenant on the staff of Brigadier General William Nelson. In Speed's letter Lincoln also inserted a phrase as follows: ``in order to be appointed aid-de camp.'' Graves was appointed second lieutenant March 24, 1862. See Lincoln to Stanton, March 13, 1862, infra.
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