Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].
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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 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln3. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
Dear Doctor Yours of the 1st. was received this morning, as also one from Mr. Harmon, and one from Hiram Beckwith on the same subject.2Jump to section You will see by the Journal that I have appointed to speak at Danville on the 22nd. of Sept.---the day after Douglas speaks there. My recent experience shows that speaking at the same place the next day after D. is the very thing---it is, in fact, a concluding speech on him. Please show this to Messrs. Harmon &
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Beckwith; and tell them they must excuse me from writing seperate letters to them. Yours as ever A. LINCOLN
P.S. Give full notice to all surrounding counties. A. L.
[2] Hiram W. Beckwith and Oscar F. Harmon were lawyers and active Republicans at Danville, Illinois, who had written that Lincoln should come to Danville (DLC-RTL).