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.
If the Consulate named within stands as is assumed, I shall be glad for Dr. Bettelheim to have it. A. LINCOLN
March 13, 1862
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA FS RG 59, Appointments, Box 230. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from V. L. Conrad, Urbana, Ohio, February 18, 1862, to Dr. B. J. Bettleheim, suggesting that since John H. Cowden of Pinegrove, Pennsylvania, has declined appointment as consul to Nagasaki, Japan, Bettleheim may obtain the place and carry on his missionary work. Dr. B. J. Bettleheim of Cayuga, Illinois, had been a missionary in Japan and China prior to 1856. There is no record of his appointment.