Franklin County: Samuel Moon to Abraham Lincoln,
February 19, 1861
Summary:
Moon advances Cameron for nomination as Secretary of the Treasury.
Commonwealth Fire Insurance Company of the State of
Pennsylvania
DIRECTORS
David Jayne, M.D. Thomas S. Stewart, Robert
Shoemaker,
John M. Whitall, Henry Lewis, Jr., William Struthers,
Edward
C. Knight, Charles H. Rogers, Stephen Coulter
John K. Walker,
Javid
Jayne, M. D., President
Samuel S. Moon, Secretary. John M. Whitall, Vice
President.
Office, Commonwealth
Building,
Number 613 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
February 19. 1861
To His Excellency
Abraham Lincoln
President United States of America
Dear Sir
I am instructed by the Board of Directors of our Company to urge upon you the appointment of General Simon Cameron to the position of Secretary of the Treasury- believing such a move a matter of vital importance to the financial credit of your administration. In this view not only our Directors but the [unclear: proprietorship] of our Company representing the corporate capital of $250,000 fully concur. Our investments are now largely composed of United States and State securities and in case General Cameron goes in the Treasury our company will be a bidder for the new loan proposed to be issued. Without financial credit your administration cannot succeed in face of the present embarrassment of the Country, and no man understands better how to sustain that than General Cameron. We look upon it entirely in a financial point of view.
Yours Respectfully
Samuel S. Moon Secretary
