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].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Gideon Welles1Jump to section

G. Welles Executive Mansion
My dear Sir Aug. 2, 1862

Allow me to request that you will afford all facilities not inconsistent with public interests to Captain Diller and Dr. Wetherell2Jump to section for some chemical experiments which they desire to make privately under my direction. Yours truly A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Stan. V. Henkels Catalog 1342, January 4, 1924, No. 25. Lincoln's old friend Isaac R. Diller, a captain in the Illinois Militia and clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives (1851-1854), had obtained a new formula for making gunpowder. For further developments see Lincoln to Holloway August 20 and his endorsement of Diller's papers December 15, infra.

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[2] Dr. Charles M. Wetherell was a chemist in the Bureau of Patents.

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