Annotation
[1] Df, DLC-RTL. The draft is in John Hay's handwriting. Samuel W. Moulton, enrollment commissioner for the Tenth District of Illinois at Shelbyville, tendered his resignation on August 11, 1863:
``Your very kind favor of the 31st Ultimo was missent & was not received until to day.
``I regret very much that my superior officers have had cause to complain of my seeming neglect of duty. I confess that I have not been constantly at my post on account of sickness in my family & some matters of business that I could not possibly neglect. . . . My heart is in the work & . . . I want to act honorably. . . . Would it not be better for me to resign & have another appointed who can better discharge his duty by more constant attendance. . . .
``I therefore . . . enclose . . . my resignation. . . .'' (Ibid.).