LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Note Signed, "A. Lincoln," as President,"Hon. Sec. of the Treasury please see & hear Gen. De Ahna." 1 page, approximately 2x2.5 inches sight size. Nicely framed. NOT EXAMINED OUTOF FRAME. [Washington], 10 August 1863

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Autograph Note Signed, "A. Lincoln," as President,"Hon. Sec. of the Treasury please see & hear Gen. De Ahna." 1 page, approximately 2x2.5 inches sight size. Nicely framed. NOT EXAMINED OUTOF FRAME. [Washington], 10 August 1863 E4,000/6,000 Lincoln nominatedHenry C. De Ahna as a Brigadier General of volunteers in March 1862, but the Senate denied his confirmation. Lincoln then appointed him toMcClellan's staff. See Basler, The Collected Works, volume 5, page 368for a letter to Cary Fry, the paymaster general, mentioning that De Ahna claims he is owed pay. [SEE ILLUSTRATION FRONTISPIECE]