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

Hon. Sec of State. Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir, Washington. May 2. 1863.

Have we any committal as to the vacant consulate at Havanna? If we have not, I am for giving it to Hon. Caleb Lyon, and of doing it at once. Yours truly. A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Copy, DLC-RTL. Seward replied the same day that he had communicated with two other candidates and had as yet no answer (DLC-RTL). Former congressman (1853-1855) from New York, Caleb Lyon was not appointed to the Havana consulate, but in 1864 became the first governor of Idaho Territory.

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