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Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of State, Mr. Bennett, the Delegate, presents this & is for the appointment.
April 3. 1862. A. LINCOLN
[1] AES, DNA FS RG 59, Appointments, Box 263. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope containing a series of recommendations of George
E. Crater. Hiram P. Bennet, delegate to congress from Colorado Territory, apparently favored Crater for appointment as secretary of state for Colorado in place of Lewis L. Weld, resigned, but see Lincoln to Seward, April 7, infra.