Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Memorandum Concerning William H. Johnson1Jump to section

December 17, 1862

I decline to sign the within, because it does not state the thing quite to my liking. The colored man William Johnson came with me from Illinois, and I would be glad for him to be obliged, if he can be consistently with the public service; but I can not make an

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order about it, nor a request which might, in some sort, be construed as an order. A. LINCOLN.

Dec. 17, 1862

Annotation

[1] Hertz, II, 889. John E. Washington speculates that this memorandum refers to a request for leave of absence for Johnson in order to earn extra money (They Knew Lincoln, p. 131).

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