Annotation
[1] AES, DLC-RTL. Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from John H. Oliver and E. J. More, Washington, May 28, 1864:
``The undersigned having this day transmitted to the Department of Internal Revenue a letter of Samuel McHose Esq, asking leave to recall his resignation of the office of Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Sixth District of Penna., beg leave to submit the following statement in reference to the charge of the forgery of a certain letter of Benjamin T Hagenbuch of date of March 13th. 1863, on file in the office of Internal Revenue at Washington.
``We are responsible for the genuineness of that letter and in justice to ourselves expect that you shall satisfy your own mind as to whether it is genuine or not, in order that our own character be vindicated, and that you may form a correct estimate of the value of statements made by persons alleging the forgery. . . .''
Although Lincoln had nominated Henry J. Saeger as successor to McHose on May 19, he withdrew the nomination on May 25. McHose's resignation was eventually accepted, however, and Saeger was renominated on December 10, 1864, and confirmed by the Senate on January 13, 1865.