LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, 27 March 1862. 1 p., 4to. Endorsed on verso of 13 March 1862 letter from J. L. Fox, Jr., to A. Harding, requesting that Lincoln reconfirm his appointment as a lieutenant in a Kentucky regiment. Lincoln writes, "Respectfully submitted to the War Department." An instance of unusually shaky penmanship and signature by Lincoln, suggesting this must have been written while riding in a carriage or a train.
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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, 27 March 1862. 1 p., 4to. Endorsed on verso of 13 March 1862 letter from J. L. Fox, Jr., to A. Harding, requesting that Lincoln reconfirm his appointment as a lieutenant in a Kentucky regiment. Lincoln writes, "Respectfully submitted to the War Department." An instance of unusually shaky penmanship and signature by Lincoln, suggesting this must have been written while riding in a carriage or a train.

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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph endorsement signed ("A. Lincoln"), as President, 27 March 1862. 1 p., 4to. Endorsed on verso of 13 March 1862 letter from J. L. Fox, Jr., to A. Harding, requesting that Lincoln reconfirm his appointment as a lieutenant in a Kentucky regiment. Lincoln writes, "Respectfully submitted to the War Department." An instance of unusually shaky penmanship and signature by Lincoln, suggesting this must have been written while riding in a carriage or a train.

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