To Mrs. Elizabeth J. Grimsley1Jump to section
Executive Mansion, Washington, August 14, 1863.
My dear Cousin Lizzie I have, by the law, two classes of appointments to make to the Naval-School---ten of each, to the year.
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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Page 386
The first class, according to the law, must be of families of the meritorious Naval-Officers; while the other class does not have such restriction. You see at once that if I have a vacancy in the first class, I can not appoint Johnny to it; and I have intended for months, and still intend, to appoint him to the very first vacancy I can get in the other class Yours very truly A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS, CSmH. See Lincoln's memorandum concerning appointment of Robert J. Sperry, August 10, supra.