Abraham Lincoln to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858

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Source citation:

Abraham Lincoln to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858, Springfield, IL, in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (8 vols., New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 3: 339, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/.

Author:

Lincoln, Abraham

Recipient (to):

Asbury, Henry

Type:

Letter

Date Certainty:

Exact

Transcriber:

Transcription adapted from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), edited by Roy P. Basler

Adapted by Ben Lyman, Dickinson College

Transcription

The following transcript has been adapted from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953).

Henry Asbury, Esq Springfield,

My dear Sir Novr. 19, 1858

Yours of the 13th. was received some days ago. The fight must go on. The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even, one hundred defeats. Douglas had the ingenuity to be supported in the late contest both as the best means to break down, and to uphold the Slave interest. No ingenuity can keep those antagonistic elements in harmony long. Another explosion will soon come. Yours truly A. LINCOLN---

Events

Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859

Illinois Democrats retain control of the state legislature in the November 1858 election

Major Topics

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

People

Douglas, Stephen Arnold

Places

Springfield, IL

Abraham Lincoln to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858

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