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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln3. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
Hon: W. M. Dickson Springfield,
My dear Sir Oct. 17. 1859
Well, the election in Ohio is over; and there is nothing to regret but the loss of Cincinnati & Hamilton county. Pecuniarily, I suppose it is better for you to be remitted to the bar. The general result in the state---and in the other states---is, indeed, glorious. Now, let our friends bear, and forbear, and not quarrel over the spoils.
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We were very glad to learn by your letter that your children were through the danger of Scarlet fever. Tell cousin Annie2Jump to section that her cousin Ann,3Jump to section here, now has it among her children. Otherwise the relations here are well. Give our love [to] Uncle Dr. Parker,4Jump to section and particularly to our Republican Aunt.5Jump to section Yours very truly
A. LINCOLN
Annotation
[1] ALS-P, ISLA. William M. Dickson, prominent Cincinnati Republican attorney who had been appointed by Governor Salmon P. Chase to fill an unexpired term as judge of the Common Pleas Court of Hamilton County, Ohio, had retired on November 7, 1859. Lincoln had made his acquaintance on the occasion of the speech at Cincinnati, September 17, and together with Mrs. Lincoln had visited in the Dickson home the next day.