April 21, 1864: Lincoln Appointment of William Kellogg as Minister to Guatemala

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Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States of America, To William Kellogg of Illinois, Greeting: reposing Special trust and confidence in your Integrity, Prudence, and Ability, I have nominated, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint you to be Minister Resident of the United States of America, to Guatemala; authorizing you, hereby, to do and perform all such matters and things as to the said place or Office doth appertain, or as may be duly given you in charge hereafter, and the said office to hold and exercise during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.

Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the Twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four and of the independence of the United States of America the Eighty-eighth.

By the President Abraham Lincoln

William H. Seward Secretary of State

Citation: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Appointment of William Kellogg. Washington, D.C., 21 April 1864. AMs 526/29.1