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Sec. of Interior please send me a nomination according to the within. A. LINCOLN
June 6. 1862.
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA NR RG 48, Applications, General Land Office. California, Box 1276. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from the California delegation in congress, June 4, 1862, recommending appointment of Alvan Flanders as register of the Land Office at Humboldt, California. Flanders' appointment was confirmed by the Senate on June 18, 1862.