Memoranda: Appointment of John Wilson1Jump to section
To-day Hon. John S. Watts, and many others from Arizona, ask that John Wilson, of Chicago be Surveyor General for that territory.
John Wilson---Chicago.
Surveyor General
Arizona.
I now understand Mr. Wilson does not desire this appointment.
[February 23, 1863?]
Annotation
[1] AD, DLC-RTL. The second of the two notations is written on the envelope containing the first and is dated on the basis of a report that John Wilson of Chicago had declined the appointment during an interview with the president on February 23 (New York Times, February 25, 1863).