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Source citation
Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860, Papers of Abraham Lincoln, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL. http://www.papersofabrahamlincoln.org/
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Letter
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Adapted by Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College
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Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
Private
Springfield, Ills. Aug. 30, 1860
A.K. McClure, Esq.
My dear Sir,
Yours of the 27th was received last evening; as also was one only a few days before. Neither of these bears quite so hopeful a tone as your former letters. When you say you are organizing every election district, do you mean to include the idea that you are “canvassing” – “counting noses?”
I am always glad to see your letters.
Yours very truly,
A.Lincoln
