Thursday, April 20, 1848.Washington, DC. | In compliance with request from Benjamin Kellogg, Lincoln visits Patent
Office. He leaves Kellogg's letter with request for information desired. It is returned
to him in evening with pencilled notations. Lincoln writes secretary of war nominating
Hezekiah H. Garber of Petersburg to West Point.Abraham Lincoln to Benjamin
Kellogg, Jr., 21 April 1848, CW, 1:466-67; Abraham Lincoln to William L.
Marcy, 20 April 1848, CW, 1:466. |