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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01821 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: February 6, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : vellum : docket ; Height: 50 cm, Width: 37.8 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Abraham Lincoln as president; countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and endorsed by Lorenzo Thomas as Adjutant General on 7 February 1862. On verso, contains a note in pencil relating that this document was given to a previous owner by Mitchel's grandson., "Given to me by O. M. Mitchell, June 10 1903 grandson of within and to be returned to him if I die before he does." Blue seal on top left corner. Docketed in pink ink on top left corner.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Thomas, Lorenzo, 1804-1875
Mitchel, O. M. (Ormsby MacKnight), 1809-1862

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