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.
I should be much gratified for the appointment within requested to be made---if not possible immediately, at least before long.
Feb. 26. 1862. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 107, Secretary of War, Personnel Appointments, Box 13. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Nathan M. Knapp, Winchester, Illinois, January 24, 1862, requesting appointment of Edward Baker Jerome, nephew of the late Colonel Edward D. Baker, as second lieutenant in the Regular Army. Stanton's nomination of Jerome on March 7 was confirmed by the Senate March 24, 1862.