Recommendation for Mr. Hall1Jump to section
September 20, 1863
I personally know Mr. Hall to be a very worthy and deserving man; and if a man is to be taken from so distant a locality as Springfield, a more proper man than Mr. Hall cannot be found.
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] The Flying Quill, January-February, 1951, No. 9. Of several residents of Springfield, Illinois, by the name of ``Hall,'' the bearer of this note has not been positively identified.