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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 11-19-2024 04:47 PM
Did he ask Lincoln not to aggravate the tension between the northern states and the southern ones?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 11-19-2024 08:25 PM
Roger, that's a logical answer. The favor I'm thinking of is more personal in nature.
Hint. The favor was a written request made by the ex-President Fillmore in 1861 with a related follow-up request in 1863.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - J. Beckert - 11-19-2024 09:29 PM
An appointment for a friend maybe?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 11-19-2024 11:33 PM
Joe, it wasn't an appointment and the relationship was more than a friend. Try taking it up a notch.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Rob Wick - 11-20-2024 11:24 AM
The only reference I see to Millard Fillmore in the Collected Works in 1863 was when he asked Lincoln that a court of inquiry be convened because of charges of "intemperance" against Fillmore's nephew, George M. Fillmore.
Best
Rob
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Anita - 11-20-2024 12:57 PM
Kudos Rob. That's the favor Fillmore asked of Lincoln in 1863. You can see the letter here. https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/former-president-fillmore-asks-president-abraham-lincoln-for-a-personal-family-favor/#transcripts
Here's the 1861 letter from source Fillmore to Lincoln regarding his nephew George Fillmore and Lincoln's endorsement forwarded to Simon Cameron.
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5
TO SIMON CAMERON1JUMP TO SECTION
Respectfully submitted to the Sec. of War, remarking that it be very agreeable to me for Mr. Fillmore to be obliged.
Nov. 30, 1861 A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] Argosy Book Shop Catalog, April, 1942. According to the catalog description, Lincoln's endorsement is written on a letter from ex-President Millard Fillmore, November 16, 1861, to his nephew George M. Fillmore, advising him how to proceed about getting an appointment as a lieutenant. Corporal Fillmore of the Second Minnesota Infantry was appointed second lieutenant of the Third Artillery, Regular Army, as of November 30, 1861.