Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881 to Abraham Lincoln

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GLC#
GLC02086.01-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
1 October 1862
Author/Creator
Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881
Title
to Abraham Lincoln
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Secretary of the Senate J.W. Forney recommends William Cole, Esq., editor of the "Irish American," for a paymastership in the U.S. army. Cole also comes recommended by Bishop John Hughes, General Michael Corcoran, Horace Greeley, and New York Governor Edwin D. Morgan. Lincoln's endorsement of Cole, sent to Secretary of War Stanton five days later, was originally written on page 4 of a blank leaf of this letter, but has since been detached (GLC02086.02).

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