The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln-VOL. V (Chap. 4.109) lyrics

To Secretary Chase

Executive Mansion, July 16, 1861

MR CHASE:—The bearer, Mr. ———, wants ——— in the custom house at Baltimore. If his recommendations are satisfactory, and I recollect them to have been so, the fact that he is urged by the Methodists should be in his favor, as they complain of us some.
LINCOLN.