To William H. Seward1
September 25, 1861
Tahiti is vacant; and if the Secretary of State knows no objection, I know none, to Mr. Clark’s having the appointment.
A. LINCOLN
Sep. 25. 1861
- Lincoln’s endorsement appears on a letter from A.H. Clark, Washington, September 25, 1861:“ In March last I was recommended for the Consulship of Acapulco.“Of the number of those who recommended me are gentlemen now holding important federal positions in California and elsewhere. I am fully endorsed in the State Department by Senators Harlan, McDougall and Latham.“My application for Acapulco was unsuccessful, and I respectfully ask the Consulship for Tahiti, made vacant by the death of Mr [Visesimus] Turner who was appointed from California.”No record of Clark’s appointment has been found.