Record Data
Source citation
Charles Billinghurst to Abraham Lincoln, November 14, 1860, Juneau, WI, Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html.
Type
Letter
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Transcribed by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Adapted by Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
Juneau, Dodge Co. Wis
Nov. 14, 1860
Sir--
You need no wordy congratulations now-- The vote is far more emphatic and earnest--
I write to say that I think John C. Fremont at the head of the War Department in the government, would be found equal to any emergency.
I am for Fremont for Secty of War first and foremost.
In a time of profound peace I do not believe he would accept, but as the times are, I believe he would glory in it--
Yours Sincerely,
C Billinghurst
Footnotes
Minor Figures
Charles Billinghurst served two terms in Congress as a Republican Representative from Indiana.
Charles Billinghurst served two terms in Congress as a Republican Representative from Indiana.
