Benjamin Harrison to Albert G. Porter

Benjamin Harrison to Albert G. Porter

Future president Benjamin Harrison of Indianapolis,Indiana,writes to Albert G. Porter requesting a commission for his brother, Carter B. Harrison (later mayor of Chicago). Abraham Lincoln's endorsement of Harrison appears on the reverse side of this letter. Carter and Benjamin Harrison are grandsons of William Henry Harrison.

Harrison, Benjamin

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

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Indianapolis July 13 1861

Hon. Albert G. Porter, Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

My brother, Carter B. Harrison is very anxious to procure a Comsn as 2 Lieut in the Reg. Army of the United States. He is now bearing his musket as a private in one of the Ohio Regts in Western Va. Some family reasons combine with his own inclination to make such an appointment a matter of desire to him & to us. He is a young man of unexceptionable habits & of good appearance if a brother is compelled to bear the testimony . I do not know the No. of his Rgt. but he is in Capt Dodds Company, which was recruited at Oxford O. Where he was attending college. May I ask you to make this a personal matter?

I have written to Lane & Colfax & they will I think aid you, if it is a matter of any such difficulty as to require a combination.

I hope to be able to take up the note I owe you before long. I exceedingly regret that I should have put you to any inconvenience & had I known that you would be in any great need of the money I would have looked to some other source for it

Respectfully Yours

Benjn Harrison

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I think this Grandson of Gen. Harrison ought to be appoint a Lieut

A.L., Aug. 7. 1861

C. B. Harrisson,

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