To Andrew Johnston1Jump to section
Dear Johnston: Springfield, Ills., Feb. 24, 1846.
Feeling a little poetic this evening, I have concluded to redeem my promise this evening by sending you the piece you expressed
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
About this Item
- Title
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
- Author
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
Pages
Page 367
the wish to have.2Jump to section You find it enclosed. I wish I could think of something else to say; but I believe I can not. By the way, how would you like to see a piece of poetry of my own making? I have a piece that is almost done, but I find a deal of trouble to finish it.
Give my respects to Mr. Williams,3Jump to section and have him, together with yourself, to understand, that if there is any thing I can do, in connection with your business in the courts, I shall take pleasure in doing it, upon notice. Yours forever, A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] Hertz, II, 553, as given in Madigan, A Catalogue of Lincolniana (1929), item No. 1. Johnston was a lawyer practicing in Quincy, Illinois. Little is known about his friendship with Lincoln beyond what may be inferred from the letters in which Lincoln sent his literary compositions.
[2] A copy of William Knox's ``Mortality.'' See letter of April 18, 1846, infra.
[3] Archibald Williams, leading attorney of Quincy, Illinois.