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Source citation
John D. Johnston to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, May 25, 1849 (Illness of Thomas Lincoln (father), Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html.
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Letter
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Exact
Transcriber
Transcribed by the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Adapted by John Osborne, Dickinson College
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Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
friday morning Char May 25th 1849
Dear Brother
I hast to in form you That father is yet a Live & that is all & he Craves to See you all the time & he wants you to Come1 if you ar able to git hure, for you are his only Child that is of his own flush & blood & it is nothing more than natere for him to crave to see you, he says he has all most Despared of see ing you, & he wonts you to pre pare to meet him in the unknown world, or in heven, for he thinks that ower Savour Savour has a Crown of glory, prepared for him I wright this with a bursting hart, I came to town for the Doctorr, & I won you to make an effort Come, if you ar able to get hure, & he wonts me to tell your wife that he Loves hure & wonts hure to hure prepare to meet him at ower Savours feet, we are all well, your Brother in hast
J. D. Johnston
