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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To Edwin M. Stanton1Jump to section

I personally know John W. True; and think him both competent and worthy to be an Additional Paymaster. A. LINCOLN

Feb. 9. 1863.

Annotation

[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from F. G. True, a banker at Mattoon, Illinois, February 1, 1863, to Lyman Trumbull, asking that Major John W. True of the Fifty-fourth Illinois Infantry be made a paymaster. John W. True resigned from service on July 17, 1863. See Lincoln to Stanton, December 4, 1862, supra.

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