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S. Ferguson Beach's Appointment as a Customs Surveyor
Credit: The Papers of Abraham Lincoln / Connecting Presidential Collections
Original Author: President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase
Created: July 17, 1861
Medium: Government document

S. Ferguson Beach’s Appointment as a Customs Surveyor

A July 16, 1861, document confirms the presidential appointment of S. Ferguson Beach (misspelled here as Fergusson) to a four-year term as the surveyor of customs for the district of Alexandria. President Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P. Chase, the secretary of the treasury, signed the commission.

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