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Attorney General please send me a nomination according to the within. A. LINCOLN
Feb. 26. 1863.
Annotation
[1] AES, CSmH. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from the senators and three of the four representatives from Michigan, February 2, 1863, asking appointment of Solomon L. Withey of Grand Rapids as U.S. judge for the Western District of Michigan. See Lincoln to Russell and Dickey, February 27, infra. Withey's appointment to the new district was confirmed by the Senate on March 11, 1863.