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Civil War-dated handwritten endorsement signed as president, "I fully approve, subject the discretion and control of the commanding general, A. Lincoln, March 26, 1864," on the reverse of a letter sent to the president by Francis H. Underwood, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, March 25, 1864. The letter reads, in full: “I desire to obtain permission to set up a sawmill at Jacksonville, Florida, with a view of promoting emigration to that state; and I ask that your Excellency will recommend to the General Commanding the Department of the South to give me the necessary authority to transport to Jacksonville the machinery, to set up and run the mill, to purchase logs within our lies, and to dispose of the lumber. I disclaim the idea that this permission entitles me or my property to any special military protection further than is given to any other person or property at the post. And I agree that the Government shall have the right to buy any of the products of the mill at a fair valuation and that I will not ship lumber to oyster markets until the wants of the Department are supplied.” Endorsed on the second integral page by seven politicians, who collectively recommend Underwood as “a loyal citizen of Boston [who] has held places of trust and is above reproach as to integrity.” The group endorsement is signed by Massachusetts Congressmen George S. Boutwell (eventual Secretary of the Treasury), Daniel W. Gooch, John D. Baldwin, John B. Alley, Thomas D. Eliot, and Oakes Ames, and by Utah Congressman William Henry Hooper. On the reverse, which bears the Lincoln endorsement, are additional approvals by Massachusetts Senators Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson (future vice president under U. S. Grant), and Major General Quincy Adams Gillmore, the commander of the Department of the South, which consisted of North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In fine condition. Accompanied by a period carte-de-visite photograph of an engraved portrait of Lincoln.
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