Record Data
Source citation
Chester P. Dewey to Abraham Lincoln, October 20, 1858, Rochester, NY, 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 Ben Lyman, Dickinson College
Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress.
Rochester N. Y. Oct 30.
Dear Sir
My corresponding duties ceased in Illinois last week. & I came home a few days ago, & am here before going to New York. I send you Seward's recent speech here as being a sort of key note to his present & future position.
I find that the N. Y. Republicans who were in love with Douglas, are rather more inclined to take a different view now. They find much to admire & praise in your conduct of the campaign & be assured that you have made hosts of warm friends at the East. God grant you come out ahead on Tuesday
Respy Yours
C. P. Dewey.
