Letter

Proctor Knott to Abraham Lincoln, July 3, 1884

Author

Proctor Knott

Recipient

Abraham Lincoln

Date

July 3, 1884

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 6 in No. 87.]

Mr. Knott to the President.

State of Kentucky, Executive Department, Frankfort, July 3, 1884.

Sir: I have the honor to hand you the inclosed communication from Hon. Samuel B. Berry, of Lebanon, Ky., requesting your excellency to use your good offices in obtaining from the Italian Government leave for Rev. Father Valentine Theodore Lanciotti, vice-president of St. Mary’s College, to visit his aged parents at Ciciliano, Italy, to which I beg leave to add my hearty indorsement.

I know Father Lanciotti intimately, and can commend him as a most excellent and exemplary gentleman, if, indeed, his position as second officer of one of the oldest and most distinguished institutions of learning in the valley of the Mississippi were not sufficient without it. I would be extremely gratified personally, as I am confident the very large circle of friends and patrons of the college as well as of Father Lanciotti would be, if the permission be asks could be obtained; and I trust I am not tresspassing either upon your time or your generous disposition in asking this favor for an esteemed neighbor and friend.

With sentiments, &c.,

J. PROCTOR KNOTT.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.