| Thursday, June 3, 1841.Springfield, IL. | Lincoln endorses application of deputy surveyor of Sangamon County for
position under Dr. Silas Reed, surveyor general of Illinois and Missouri. On bottom of
letter of recommendation from John T. Stuart, he writes: "I most cheerfully endorse the
foregoing recommendations of Col. Neale."Letter Written to Silas Reed
for John M. Neale, 3 June 1841, CW, 1:252-53; Endorsement: John T. Stuart to
Silas Reed, 3 June 1841, CW, 1:253. |