Annotation
[1] AES, NAuE. Lincoln's endorsement appears on the back of a petition of William R. Nevins of New York, an inventor of machinery and baking ovens who had brought a regiment of bakers and engineers to Washington in 1861, but failing to get it mustered had been compelled to disband his regiment. He asked for a commission or ``appointment into the Regular mechanical Department.'' No record has been found of Nevins' appointment.