Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln2. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
Hon: W. H. Henderson: Springfield, Ills.
My dear Sir: Feby. 21- 1855
Your letter of the 4th. covering a lot of old deeds was received only two days ago. Wilton2Jump to section says he has the order but can not lay his hand upon it easily, and can not take time to make a thorough search, until he shall have gone to & returned from Chicago. So I lay the papers by, and wait.
The election is over, the Session is ended, and I am not Senator. I have to content myself with the honor of having been the first choice of a large majority of the fiftyone members who finally made the election. My larger number of friends had to surrender to Trumbull's smaller number, in order to prevent the election of Matteson, which would have been a Douglas victory. I started with 44 votes & T. with 5.3Jump to section It was rather hard for the 44 to have to surrender
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to the 5---and a less good humored man than I, perhaps would not have consented to it---and it would not have been done without my consent. I could not, however, let the whole political result go to ruin, on a point merely personal to myself.
Your son,4Jump to section kindly and firmly stood by me from first to last; and for which he has my everlasting gratitude. Your friend as ever