Commissioner of the General Land Office:

Sir — In pursuance of the 18th and 19th sections of the act mentioned in the foregoing letter, I direct that the Yankton Land District be now formed with the boundaries described in said Section 18, and that the Land Office for said District be located at the town of Vermillion in said District. I also name Jesse Wherry, of Virginia to be receiver of public monies, and Henry A. Kennedy of Missouri, to be register of said land office.

Abraham Lincoln