Alexander T. Stewart to Mary Todd Lincoln, October 31, 1862

Broadway & Chambers

Oct 31.

Mr Stewart's compliments to Mrs Lincoln, and takes the liberty to enclose a letter for the President which is left open for her perusal and which he will thank her to send to the President.

SOURCE: Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. -1864: Alexander T. Stewart to Mary Todd Lincoln, October 31 1862 Sends letter for President Lincoln. October 31, 1862. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mal4237900/>.

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SEE: Alexander T. Stewart to Lincoln, October 31, 1862

Alexander T. Stewart to Lincoln, October 31, 1862

Broadway & Chambers

October 31. 1862

My dear Sir

I wrote you on the 25th Sept. with respect to the promotion of Capt Thaddeus P. Mott — son of the most eminent of our Surgeons Dr. Valentine Mott — requesting a favorable consideration of the application for Captn Mott's promotion, and fear my letter may not have reached you

Captn Mott was highly distinguished in the battles of the Peninsula and particularly on the last of the “seven days battles” on which occasion the battery temporarily under his command, rendered the most important service at the moment of the well known desperate charge of the enemy under Magruder, in which he was decisively repulsed

It may be recollected that at Harrison's Landing Captn Mott was presented by Majr Genl McClellan and so highly commended that he was asked by your Excellency, — such is the representation to me — “what he desired, and he omitted to express his wishes which earnestly pointed to promotion.

All that I can ask as a personal favor, is, that the application may be examined, and if it shall appear to be compatible with the public interests, that he may be given the command of a battery, for which on a sudden emergency he displayed such fitness.

I have the honor to be

Yours most sincerely

and truly

Alexr T Stewart

SOURCE: Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 2. General Correspondence. 1858 to 1864: Alexander T. Stewart to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 31, Recommendation. October 31, 1862. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/mal4238000/>.

Governor Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 7, 1869

COLUMBUS, March 7, 1869.

DEAR UNCLE:—We are all well. Political talk is just now all the talk. Grant's inaugural strikes me as capital. His Cabinet looks like a revolution, an experiment. If it succeeds, as I hope it will, all will applaud him for his courage and wisdom. Otherwise, otherwise. It is a Cabinet for work, for honesty, and for economy. It contains three radicals, Washburne, Creswell, and Howe; three conservative Republicans, Cox, Stewart, and Borie. It is outside of political circles— no man of political strength in the list, and is therefore untrammelled, owes nobody anything. It contains no Presidential aspirants, and may therefore be regarded as organized for harmony. No man being conspicuous, Grant's leadership and rule is beyond question. It seems to mean business and not political scheming. It is an attempt to put fitness and qualifications before what is called "claims" and "political services." If anybody could overthrow the spoils doctrine and practice, Grant is the man. It has been thought impossible hitherto, but I hope with some confidence that he will win.

Sincerely,

R. B. HAYES.

S. BIRCHARD.

SOURCE: Charles Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Volume 3, p. 59