Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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To John Moses [1]

Hon. John Moses Blandonville [Blandinsville]
My Dear Sir: Oct. 24. 1858

Throw on all your weight. Some things I have heard make me think your case is not so desperate as you thought when I was in Winchester. Put in your best licks. Yours in haste

A. LINCOLN---

Annotation

[1]   Copy, DLC-HW. John Moses sent Herndon this copy written at bottom of his letter to Herndon, September 19, 1866, in which he explains that at the time he [Moses] was ``candidate for the state senate in the counties of Scott, Pike & Calhoun.''

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