Record Data
Source citation
Abraham Lincoln to George Ashmun, June 4, 1860, Springfield, IL, in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (8 vols., New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 4: 68, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/.
Recipient (to)
Ashmun, George
Type
Letter
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Transcription adapted from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), edited by Roy P. Basler
Adapted by Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following transcript has been adapted from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953).
Hon: George Ashmun Springfield, Ills. June 4 1860
My dear Sir It seems as if the question whether my first name is ``Abraham'' or ``Abram'' will never be settled. It is ``Abraham'' and if the letter of acceptance is not yet in print, you may, if you think fit, have my signature thereto printed ``Abraham Lincoln.'' Exercise your own judgment about this. Yours as ever,
A. LINCOLN.
My dear Sir It seems as if the question whether my first name is ``Abraham'' or ``Abram'' will never be settled. It is ``Abraham'' and if the letter of acceptance is not yet in print, you may, if you think fit, have my signature thereto printed ``Abraham Lincoln.'' Exercise your own judgment about this. Yours as ever,
A. LINCOLN.
