GDG- Campaign for Land Office

[Dennis Lawrence]

June 1, 1849

Lincoln writes to Representative Moses Hampton of Pennsylvania, with 
whom he had served in Congress. Lincoln asks Hampton to write a 
letter recommending Lincoln for an appointment to the General Land 
Office. Lincoln admits that he is not particularly desirous of the 
job, but that he has "come to this conclusion, more to prevent what 
would be generally bad for the party here, and particularly bad for 
me, than a positive desire for the office." Lincoln requests that 
Hampton write directly to President Zachary Taylor and not to 
Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing. Lincoln closes by asking 
Hampton to write "as pretty a letter for me as you think the truth 
will permit.
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Lincoln was one of the most unassuming of men. In time of success, he 
gave credit for it to those whom he employed, to the people, and to 
the Providence of God.
--Memorial Address by George Bancroft, February 12, 1866