Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) to Gideon Welles
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04649 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 May 1861 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 20.5 x 13.2 cm Order a Copy
Writes to Secretary of the Navy Welles to endorse Walter Trumbull, the son of Illinois Senator Trumbull. Asks that the young man be given an interview for admission to the Naval Academy.
Basler, Roy P. The Collected Works Of Abraham Lincoln. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), Vol. IV 1860 - 1861,
p. 381
Notes: Basler 4: 381. Basler notes that as of September 30, 1863, "Walter Trumbull is listed as a midshipman on probation at the Naval Academy."
Executive Mansion
May 21, 1861
Hon. Sec. of Navy
My dear Sir
The bearer of this, master Walter Trumbull, is a son of our Illinois Senator Trumbull. He wishes to be admitted into the Naval school, and I wish you may be able to oblige him. Please give him an interview, at all events.
Yours very truly
A. Lincoln
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