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Levi Lincoln Jr. (1782-1868) was an American lawyer and politician from Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the 13th governor of Massachusetts (1825–1834) and represented the state in the U.S. Congress (1834–1841). Autograph Letter Signed ”Levi Lincoln”, 4pp., written to The Hon’bl Benj. Butler, Secretary of War-Ad Interim. Datelined Washington, Feby 25, 1857, in part “At the earnest request. and in behalf of a Son just entering at adult years I have the honor to forward as application for a Commission in the Army of the United States. He has long expressed an ardent desire for the the service. .... His literary education has not been neglected and he has taught in politics ... that of a devoted attachment and fidelity to his Country ... President Jackson appointed Benjamin Franklin Butler Secretary of War (Not the Union General). He served from October 1836 to March 1837. Butler left the cabinet to become U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (1838-1841, 1845-1848). Benjamin Butler died in Paris, France, on November 8, 1858.