Adrian, Very interesting indeed. All of the folks named in this letter can be found on my web site http://rea-williams.com which is my genealogy file in TNG format. Yes, even Abraham Linclon who is related through the Hanks family. Wish I was rich....... If anyone can add to what I have please let me know. Duncan Rea Williams Group 23 -----Original Message----- From: williams-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:williams-dna-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Williams Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:57 PM To: WILLIAMS-DNA-L@rootsweb.com; williams-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [WILLIAMS-DNA] Williams Document Signed by Abraham Lincoln 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&txtSea rch=&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-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message