Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To John P. Usher1Jump to section

What, if anything, does the Sec. of Interior know about this?

Apl. 3. 1863. A LINCOLN

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[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a telegram signed ``B. Pickett,'' Rock Island, Illinois, April 3, 1863, ``Am removed from agency Island Rock Island without chance to be heard in defense desire investigation; will send evidence by mail'' (DLC-RTL). A clerk endorsed in reply on April 5, ``This Dept. has no information . . . & no officer there.'' The telegram was in error as to the name. Lincoln's old friend Thomas J. Pickett wrote Montgomery C. Meigs on April 18, that he had been removed ``from the agency of the Q.M. Department (on the Island of Rock Island) on newspaper charges, emanating

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. . . from J. B. Danforth, editor of the Rock Island Argus. Capt. [Henry B.] Hendershott, to whom the matter was referred, gave me no opportunity to defend myself from the very serious accusation of selling (for my private benefit) government timber and stone. I utterly and positively deny the truth of these charges.'' (DLC-RTL). On April 23, Meigs referred Pickett's letter to Stanton and Lincoln. See further Lincoln's letter to Calvin Truesdale, April 20, infra.