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William H. Herndon, Jesse William Weik, Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Etiam in minimis major, The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln by William H. Herndon, for twenty years his friend and Jesse William Weik, Chapter 10. (search)
out his claim. I have always said that Mr. Everett is a very clever fellow, and I am very sorry he cannot be obliged; but it does seem to me he ought to know we are interested to collect his claim, and therefore would do it if we could. I am neither joking nor in a pet when I say we would thank him to transfer his business to some other, without any compensation for what we have done, provided he will see the court costs paid for which we are security. --Ms. letter to Joshua F. Speed, March 27, 1842. he made no distinction between one of a business nature or any other kind. If a happy thought of expression struck him he was by no means reluctant to use it. As early as 1839 he wrote to a gentleman about a matter of business, observing crustly that a d-d hawk-billed Yankee is here besetting me at every turn I take, saying that Robert Kenzie never received the $80 to which he was entitled. In July, 1851, he wrote a facetious message to one of his clients, saying: I have news from Ot
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 7 (search)
amuel K. See General Officers. Wadsworth, Elisha Lyle. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 18, 1864. Mustered out, Sept. 20, 1865. Wainwright, Robert Auchmuty. Born in Massachusetts. Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 5th U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1835. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Oct. 22, 1836. Second Lieutenant, Ordnance, July 9, 1838. First Lieutenant, Ordnance, Mar. 27, 1842. Captain, Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1853. Major, Ordnance, Aug. 3, 1861. Lieut. Colonel, Ordnance, Sept. 15, 1863. Brevet Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865. Died at Benicia Arsenal, Cal., Dec. 22, 1866. Wainwright, Samuel Auchmuty. Born in Massachusetts. Captain, 13th U. S. Infantry, May 14, 1861. Transferred to 31st Infantry, Sept. 21, 1866. Transferred to 22d Infantry, May 15, 1869. Major, 16th Infantry, July 1, 1872. Dismissed, Aug. 23, 1878. Walcott, Charles Folsom. See General Offi