Annotation
[1] Copy, ISLA. Lincoln's original letter has not been found, but the contemporary copy from which our text is reproduced seems to be authentic. There is no reply from Walbridge in the Lincoln Papers, but there are numerous letters in November and December, 1862, pressing Lincoln to appoint ``General'' Walbridge military governor of the District of Columbia. Walbridge's only claim to military distinction seems to have consisted in his appointment as brigadier general of Ohio Militia in 1843.