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I wish this appointment to be made if it can be done consistently.
Executive Mansion A. LINCOLN
Dec. 18, 1862.
Annotation
[1] AES, IHi. This copy of an autograph endorsement by Lincoln appears on a copy of a letter from Joshua F. Speed, written on Executive Mansion stationery, December 9, 1862, recommending Captain Charles L. Thomasson of the Fifth Kentucky Infantry for an appointment ``in the pay department.'' No record has been found of Thomasson's appointment.