![LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph Endorsement Signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, [Washington,] 30 September 1861. [With:] a black-bordered calling card, bearing Mary Todd Lincoln's name as "Mrs. Abraham Lincoln."](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2017/NYR/2017_NYR_14998_0070_000(lincoln_abraham_autograph_endorsement_signed_as_president_washington_3095525).jpg?w=1)
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LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). Autograph Endorsement Signed ("A. Lincoln") as President, [Washington,] 30 September 1861. [With:] a black-bordered calling card, bearing Mary Todd Lincoln's name as "Mrs. Abraham Lincoln."
Three pages, 178 x 122mm, bifolium, accomplished on the verso of a letter from Mary Lambert [to Mary Todd Lincoln], New York, 27 September 1861 (glue remnants to inside of top and bottom of spine, vertical crease).
At the behest of the First Lady, Abraham Lincoln recommends a regular army sergeant be commissioned as an officer. " Mary Lambert, in her letter to Mary Lincoln, observes that Sergeant Lambert, who had been part of the expedition against Utah before the war desired to be promoted to Second Lieutenant. Likely delivered by Mary in person to her husband, Lincoln approves the promotion: "Patrick Meagher, a Sergeant of Company C in 5th Regt. of U.S. Infantry, wishes to be a 2nd Lieutenant, and his sister kindly tells his story within." On 24 October 1861, the Irish-born, Meagher was commissioned a second lieutenant. For gallantry and meritorious service during the siege of Vicksburg, the Army brevetted Meagher a captain on 4 July 1863 (Heitman).
Three pages, 178 x 122mm, bifolium, accomplished on the verso of a letter from Mary Lambert [to Mary Todd Lincoln], New York, 27 September 1861 (glue remnants to inside of top and bottom of spine, vertical crease).
At the behest of the First Lady, Abraham Lincoln recommends a regular army sergeant be commissioned as an officer. " Mary Lambert, in her letter to Mary Lincoln, observes that Sergeant Lambert, who had been part of the expedition against Utah before the war desired to be promoted to Second Lieutenant. Likely delivered by Mary in person to her husband, Lincoln approves the promotion: "Patrick Meagher, a Sergeant of Company C in 5th Regt. of U.S. Infantry, wishes to be a 2nd Lieutenant, and his sister kindly tells his story within." On 24 October 1861, the Irish-born, Meagher was commissioned a second lieutenant. For gallantry and meritorious service during the siege of Vicksburg, the Army brevetted Meagher a captain on 4 July 1863 (Heitman).