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Respectfully submitted to Surgeon General, for his opinion whether Mr. Bushnell should be appointed, as recommended.
Jany. 10. 1863. A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] AES, CCamStJ. Lincoln's endorsement is written on an envelope of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Washington, D.C. Below it Hammond endorsed on January 13: ``Respectfully returned to His Excellency the President with the recommendation that Mr. Bushnell be appointed as there is a place for him at Louisville.'' Bushnell has not been identified and no record of his appointment has been found.