To Salmon P. Chase1Jump to section
My dear Sir: I see an act under which an assistant collector of the port of New York is to be appointed. Nobody has applied to me for it. Have you any applications or any particular wishes upon the subject? Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] ALS, RPB. No reply from Chase has been located. The U.S. Official Register, 1863, lists Charles P. Clinch as assistant collector for the Port of New York. An act approved March 3, 1863, provided for the appointment.