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.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2024.

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To Edwin M. Stanton and Henry W. Halleck1Jump to section

August 28, 1863

It is represented that Col. Wm. Mayer, named within, was the most efficient officer in suppressing the late New-York riots. He

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wishes to be a Brigadier General. I submit his case to the Sec. of War & General in-Chief. A. LINCOLN

Aug. 28. 1863

Annotation

[1]   AES, owned by R. E. Burdick, New York City. Lincoln's endorsement has been removed from the attendant papers. No record has been found of William Mayer's appointment.

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