Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8.

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Title
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 8.
Author
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
1953.
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Pages

Page 77

To Mrs. George W. Swift1Jump to section

Mrs. George W. Swift Executive Mansion,
My dear Madam Washington, Oct. 26, 1864

Your complimentary little poem, asking for my autograph was duly received. I thank you for it, and cheerfully comply with your request Yours truly A. LINCOLN.

Annotation

[1]   ALS, CCamStJ; ADfS, DLC-RTL. The autograph draft is written on a letter from John Perkins, Jr., Quartermaster General's Office, October 4, 1864:

``The writer of the inclosed lines is a poetess of some reputation in Massachusetts and a lady who truly honors her President.

``Will you at a leisure moment deign to look at them, and comply with her request by presenting her your autograph.

``Mr Bates who hands you this will receive and forward it'' (DLC-RTL).

The poem by Mrs. Swift of Falmouth, Massachusetts, has not been found in the Lincoln Papers, but a copy is preserved with Lincoln's letter in St. John's Seminary.

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