To Edwin M. Stanton2Open page
March 27, 1862
I wish Major James B. M. Potter, to be appointed a Paymaster in the Regular Army so soon as it can be done without interference
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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- Title
- 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.
Pages
Page 173
with any former recommendation of mine. Please look on the other side of this scrap. A. LINCOLN
March 27, 1862.
Annotation
[1] AES, RPB. Lincoln's endorsement is written on the other side of the same scrap of paper which bears his note to Cameron of June 11, 1861, supra. Potter's appointment as major and paymaster in the Regular Army was made July 15, 1864.