Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
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).