Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860

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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/

Author:

Lincoln, Abraham

Recipient:

McClure, Alexander Kelly

Type:

Letter

Date Certainty:

Estimated

Transcriber:

Adapted by Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College

Transcription date:

07/06/2013

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

Major Topics

Election of 1860

Places

Springfield, IL

Philadelphia, PA

Abraham Lincoln to Alexander McClure, August 30, 1860

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