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].
Author
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 April 19, 2024.
Sir: Executive Mansion, Washington, August 14, 1862.
I have signed and herewith send the New Jersey tax commissions, so far as laid before me. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB NH, VIII, 10. Appointments for New Jersey were: First District, Josiah C. Sparks, assessor, William S. Sharp, collector; Second District, George W. Cowperthwait, assessor, Stephen B. Smith, collector; Third District, Robert Rusling, assessor, Elston Marsh, collector; Fourth District, Nathaniel Lane, assessor, Eugene Ayres, collector; Fifth District, George A. Halsey, assessor, Daniel M. Wilson, collector.