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Abraham Lincoln to Gideon Welles re. on Stephen Logan's request for Navy job for young man.

American History, 1493-1859 (Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, author.
Logan, Stephen, active 1862, author.
Contributor:
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Logan, Stephen T. (Stephen Trigg), 1800-1880.
Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878.
United States. Navy.
Cabinet officers.
Military history.
Politics and government.
Presidents.
Genre:
Correspondence
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Production:
Washington : [producer not identified], 1862.
Summary:
A note, written as an endorsement on Logan's letter to Lincoln, supporting Stephen Logan's appeal on behalf of a young man for a navy clerkship. "The writer of this is almost a father to me...."
Notes:
Collection Reference: GLC06646
From folder: Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862
Notes: Not printed in Basler.
Sub-collection: Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed October 19, 2026).

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