LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Endorsement Signed, as President, "Submitted to the Sec. of War who is requested to see the Bearer. A. Lincoln." Written

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Endorsement Signed, as President, "Submitted to the Sec. of War who is requested to see the Bearer. A. Lincoln." Written on verso of a letter to Lincoln from the "Many Citizens of Loyalty," in Hickman, Kentucky, who are requesting that a permanent military post be established in their town to stop Confederate attacks and plunderers. With a lengthy Autograph Endorsement Signed by Brigadier General S. Meredith on verso advocating such a post. In all, 4 pages, folded 4to sheet; staining at the top of the first page. Washington, December 1864