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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Collection of two Lincoln endorsements. See decimalized entries.

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See descriptions in GLC02086.01-.02

GLC#
GLC02086
Type
Header Record
Date
October 1862
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
Collection of two Lincoln endorsements. See decimalized entries.
Pagination
2 p. : + etching Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Civil War
Letter of Introduction or Recommendation
Immigration and Migration
Journalism
Military History
Finance
Government and Civics
President
Lincoln's Cabinet

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GLC02086.01
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

to Abraham Lincoln

October 1, 1862

Forney, John W. (John Wien), 1817-1881

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...

GLC02086.01
GLC02086.02
Collection Item
Autograph endorsement signed

[Abraham Lincoln endorsement of William Cole].

October 6, 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Lincoln recommends, possibly to Secretary of War Stanton, that William Cole, Esq., editor of the "Irish American," be appointed to a paymastership in the U.S. Army. Originally written on p. 4 of an integral blank leaf of the letter of recommendation...

GLC02086.02