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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln") as President to an unidentified correspondent [Secretary of War Simon Cameron], n.p. [Washington, D.C.], 31 December 1861. 1 page, 8vo, folds neatly reinforced from verso, otherwise fine. Boldly penned.
成交价 美元 9,400
成交价 美元 9,400
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LINCOLN, Abraham. Autograph note signed ("A. Lincoln") as President to an unidentified correspondent [Secretary of War Simon Cameron], n.p. [Washington, D.C.], 31 December 1861. 1 page, 8vo, folds neatly reinforced from verso, otherwise fine. Boldly penned.
THE PRESIDENT INTERVENES TO ENSURE THAT AN ARMS SUPPLIER IS FAIRLY PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT. In the early months of the war, Lincoln instructs his first Secretary of War: "The foregoing [not present] is the copy of a letter I wrote on the day of its date and now I wish the officers of the government to settle with and pay Mr. Penfield according to the terms of the letter and his performance of the conditions stated." The present note transmitted to Cameron a transcript of Lincoln's letter of 15 Augsut 1861 to Penfield, a supplier of arms to the Union. In it, Lincoln authorized Penfield, already under contract to the Federal government, to furnish "ordnance and cavalry arms," to supply two battery of cannon and cavalry arms to the state of Illinois, providing that they were "of the same quality" and equal cost. He also promised him that the new request would not conflict with his current contract with the government (Collected Works, 2nd Supplement, pp.39-40). Apparently, Penfield was concerned about being paid by the government for ordnance supplied, since Illinois governor Yates had not placed the order through proper channels (see later correspondence between Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton, in Collected Works, ed. Basler, 5:172).
THE PRESIDENT INTERVENES TO ENSURE THAT AN ARMS SUPPLIER IS FAIRLY PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT. In the early months of the war, Lincoln instructs his first Secretary of War: "The foregoing [not present] is the copy of a letter I wrote on the day of its date and now I wish the officers of the government to settle with and pay Mr. Penfield according to the terms of the letter and his performance of the conditions stated." The present note transmitted to Cameron a transcript of Lincoln's letter of 15 Augsut 1861 to Penfield, a supplier of arms to the Union. In it, Lincoln authorized Penfield, already under contract to the Federal government, to furnish "ordnance and cavalry arms," to supply two battery of cannon and cavalry arms to the state of Illinois, providing that they were "of the same quality" and equal cost. He also promised him that the new request would not conflict with his current contract with the government (Collected Works, 2nd Supplement, pp.39-40). Apparently, Penfield was concerned about being paid by the government for ordnance supplied, since Illinois governor Yates had not placed the order through proper channels (see later correspondence between Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton, in Collected Works, ed. Basler, 5:172).