Letter from Nathaniel Prentiss Banks to Abraham Lincoln, December 19, 1862

Title

Letter from Nathaniel Prentiss Banks to Abraham Lincoln, December 19, 1862

Creator

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Contributor

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Date

1862-12-19

Description

Banks writes to President Lincoln seeking the appointment to his staff of Colonel John S. Clark as an additional Aid de Camp.

Subject

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

electronic

Place of Issue

New Orleans (La.)

Genre

Correspondence

Notes

Letterhead: Headquarters Department of the Gulf

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

A.S51

Media type

image/jpeg

Number of pages

3

Tags

Lincoln

Collection

A.S51 William Henry Seward Papers

Citation

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894, “Letter from Nathaniel Prentiss Banks to Abraham Lincoln, December 19, 1862,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed January 15, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/6200.

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