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].
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 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.
If a clerkship can be given Mr Goodwin I shall be very glad I am very earnest about this. A. LINCOLN
Jany. 16th 1862
Annotation
[1] Copy, DNA WR RG 107, Secretary of War, Personnel Appointments, Box 34. Concerning Richard D. Goodwin's earlier efforts to get a commission, see Lincoln to Cameron, June 25, and to Goodwin, July 8, 1861, supra. There is no record of Goodwin's appointment to a clerkship.