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If there be any vacancy of a Lieutenant of Marines, I really wish the appointment within requested to be made. A. LINCOLN
March 27. 1863.
Annotation
[1] AES, ORB. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter of John J. Hughes, Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, February 4, 1863, asking appointment of the son (unnamed) of ``Mrs. Emily Duke of Washington'' as a lieutenant of Marines. No such appointment has been found.