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: 6 February 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : vellum : docket; 50 x 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.
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