Your obedient servant,
A. LINCOLN.

P. S.--This office, with its delivery, is entirely within my district; so
that Colonel Baker, the other Whig representative, claims no voice in the
appointment.L.




TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, April 7, 1849.
HON. SECRETARY OF THE HOME DEPARTMENT.

DEAR SIR:--I recommend that William Butler be appointed pension agent for
the Illinois agency, when the place shall be vacant. Mr. Hurst, the
present incumbent, I believe has performed the duties very well. He is a
decided partisan, and I believe expects to be removed. Whether he shall,
I submit to the department. This office is not confined to my district,
but pertains to the whole State; so that Colonel Baker has an equal right
with myself to be heard concerning it. However, the office is located
here; and I think it is not probable that any one would desire to remove
from a distance to take it.

Your obedient servant,
A. LINCOLN.