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As appears within, I am requested to indorse the accompanying Commission. As the Sec. of State has given some attention to this subject, and I have not, I think fit to ask him, ``Is this proper?'' and ``What is the form of doing it?'' A. LINCOLN
Jan. 11. 1862
[1] AES, DNA FS RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from W.B. Hubbard, president of the U.S. Agricultural Society, to whom it may concern, January 9, 1862, appointing John H. Klippart, vice-president of the society, a commissioner delegated to represent the society at the London Exhibition. No reply from Seward has been located.