Memorandum:
Appointment of Thornton A. Jenkins2Open page
If there is a vacancy, not committed, let this young man be appointed. A. LINCOLN
Sep. 5, 1863
Annotation
[1] AES, DNA WR RG 94, U.S. Military Academy, 1864, Box 83, No. 309. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from Thornton A. Jenkins, Washington, D.C., September 5, 1863, endorsed with recommendations by Gustavus V. Fox and Edward D. Townsend, asking appointment to West Point. There is no record of his appointment.