Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 / 2008-07-22 00:00:00

EBOOK WRITINGS OF LINCOLN ***


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THE WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

CONSTITUTIONAL EDITION


WRITINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN VOLUME II.
1843-1858


FIRST CHILD
TO JOSHUA F. SPEED. SPRINGFIELD, May 18, 1843.
DEAR SPEED:--Yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not
meet as a "bore," but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the
business part of it first.
In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I
would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but
Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no
split or trouble about the matter; all will be harmony. In relation to
the "coming events" about which Butler wrote you, I had not heard one
word before I got your letter; but I have so much confidence in the
judgment of Butler on such a subject that I incline to think there may be
some reality in it. What day does Butler appoint? By the way, how do
"events" of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing
houses and lands, and oxen and asses, and men-servants and maid-servants,
and begetting sons and daughters? We are not keeping house, but boarding
at the Globe Tavern, which is very well kept now by a widow lady of the
name of Beck.
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