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If consistent with the service, I would like for my friend, Major Fell, to be obliged, as within requested. A. LINCOLN
Feb. 20. 1863.
Annotation
[1] AES, IHi. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Jesse W. Fell to David Davis, February 20, 1863, asking that he present to Lincoln, Fell's case for a leave of absence of two or three months for reasons of health and business. Fell resigned his commission on December 26, 1863.