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of commanding a Reg't as any man out of the West Point graduate.
The young men who have graduated here would rally round his standard as they would round a heros.
I trust, and I speak for all your friends here, that you feel induced to appoint him to some honorable position.
With my warmest sentiments of regard + esteem
I am your obdt servt John S. Lincoln [flourish]