Y'all, Not that I can afford what will most likely be an astronomical amount for the document, there is a letter to the Sec. of War (Edwin Stanton) penned and signed by Abraham Lincoln up for sale on by an auction house. I only bring it up here because of the content of the letter as such: "My dear Sir: I wish to oblige Mr. Jesse L. Williams, who will hand you this. He has two sons in the Army - one, Edward P. Williams - is now a Lieut. & Adjutant of the 100th Ia. Vols, at this time between Memphis & Grand Junction. The father wishes him appointed a Commissary, and I, as I have said, wish him obliged, if it can be consistently done. Please see & hear Mr. Williams. Yours truly. A.Lincoln" There is a bunch of additional information given on the website for the two Williams' mentioned, (sources unknown) but thought it might be of interest to the anyone from this lineage. http://americana.ha.com/common/view_item.php?SaleNo=658&LotIdNo=43016&txtSearch=&hdnSearch=true Kind regards, Adrian Adrian Williams Williams DNA Project Administrator http://williams.genealogy.fm/ http://www.dna-pat.com/ stickamw@earthlink.net

I am not saying this document could be one of them that was stolen but it is something to look ijto befoe forking out alot of money for something that may end up being taken away from you and not get any money back. Intern sold Civil War items on eBay http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070319/ap_on_re_us/national_archives_theft On 3/19/07, Adrian Williams <stickamw@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Y'all, > > Not that I can afford what will most likely be an astronomical > amount for the document, there is a letter to the Sec. of War (Edwin > Stanton) penned and signed by Abraham Lincoln up for sale on by an > auction house. I only bring it up here because of the content of the > letter as such: > > "My dear Sir: I wish to oblige Mr. Jesse L. Williams, who will hand > you this. He has two sons in the Army - one, Edward P. Williams - is now > a Lieut. & Adjutant of the 100th Ia. Vols, at this time between Memphis > & Grand Junction. The father wishes him appointed a Commissary, and I, > as I have said, wish him obliged, if it can be consistently done. Please > see & hear Mr. Williams. Yours truly. A.Lincoln" > > There is a bunch of additional information given on the website for > the two Williams' mentioned, (sources unknown) but thought it might be > of interest to the anyone from this lineage. > > > http://americana.ha.com/common/view_item.php?SaleNo=658&LotIdNo=43016&txtSearch=&hdnSearch=true > > Kind regards, > Adrian > > Adrian Williams > Williams DNA Project Administrator > http://williams.genealogy.fm/ > http://www.dna-pat.com/ > stickamw@earthlink.net > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >