Endorsement: Appointment of Joseph Hertford1Jump to section
I should be glad for my friend Swett to be obliged; and besides, Mr. Hertford is a very worthy and competent gentleman.
Feb. 6. 1863. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] Copy, DLC-RTL. The copy of this endorsement is contained in a letter from Joseph Hertford, March, 1863, reminding Lincoln of a letter from Leonard Swett in favor of Hertford's appointment as special agent of the Treasury. Joseph Hertford is listed in the U.S. Official Register, 1863, as a clerk in the Bureau of Internal Revenue.