Abraham Lincoln, Instructions for John G. Nicolay, circa July 16, 1860

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    Abraham Lincoln, Instructions for John G. Nicolay, [c. July 16, 1860], in Roy P. Basler, ed., The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (8 vols., New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1953), 4: 84, http://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/.
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    Transcription adapted from The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln (1953), edited by Roy P. Basler
    Adapted by Matthew Pinsker, Dickinson College
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    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.
    [c. July 16, 1860]
     
    Ascertain what he wants.
     
    On what subjects he would converse with me.
     
    And the particulars if he will give them.
     
    Is an interview indispensable?
     
    Tell him my motto is ``Fairness to all,''
     
    But commit me to nothing.
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