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 Edward Bates1Jump to section

Hon. Attorney General Executive Mansion,
My dear Sir Washington, June 3, 1863.

It has been suggested to me, and readily adopted by, to tender the Judgeship of Florida, to Hon John A. Bingham of Ohio. Please send me a commission for him. Yours truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, DNA GE RG 60, Papers of Attorney General, Segregated Lincoln Material. Representative Bingham had not been re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress. Lincoln's proposal did not work out. See Lincoln to Bingham, August 4, infra.

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