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 William H. Seward1Jump to section

April 14, 1863

This petition asks me to appoint the petitioner to the ``regular mechanical department'' I know of no such Department, with which I, by law, as President, have anything to do.

April 14. 1863. A. LINCOLN

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[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.

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