Referral Memorandum from William D. Hassett to the Librarian of Congress with Attachment

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON 25, D.C. P.P.F. Jilr 450 1 March 19, 1951. Dear Mrs. Stultz: The President of the United States has asked me to respond to your letter of March 8, 1951, in which you enquire as to the value of a document dated February 1, 1865, signed by George A. Poteet, Lieutenant Colonel of the 115th Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, and Wood W. Peddecord, Regimental Adjutant, announcing the designation of a Sergeant. On the basis of your description, I am reluctantly obliged to suppose that it is a formal notice of a character too conventional and too common to possess instrinsic interest beyond the interest of family association. In that event, it is unlikely to enlist the attention of antiquarians or col- lectors of autographs. At the same time, it is entirely possible that it may be of some significance to the military records of the State. With this in mind, permit me to suggest that you send a transcript of it to Dr. Harry E. Pratt, State Historian of Illinois, at Springfield, who is in position to give you authoritative counsel and opinion. With best wishes, Sincerely yours, Luther H. Evans x/60 Librarian of Congress Mrs. Wesley H. Stultz 4629 West 72nd Street Mission, Kansas