Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848].
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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 1 [1824-Aug. 28, 1848]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024.
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Dear William: Washington, Feb: 2. 1848
I just take up my pen to say, that Mr. Stephens2Open page of Georgia, a little slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voice like Logan's3Open page has just concluded the very best speech, of an hour's length, I ever heard.
My old, withered, dry eyes, are full of tears yet.
If he writes it out any thing like he delivered it, our people shall see a good many copies of it.4Open page Yours truly A. LINCOLN
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