Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 2 [Sept. 3, 1848-Aug. 21, 1858].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To John M. Clayton1Jump to section

Hon: J. M. Clayton Springfield, Illinois.
Secretary of State Sept. 27. 1849

Dear Sir: Your letter of the 17th. Inst. saying you had received no answer to yours informing me of my appointment as Secretary of Oregon, is received, and surprises me very much. I received that letter, accompanied by the commission, in due course of mail, and answered it two days after, declining the office, and warmly recommending Simeon Francis for it. I have also written you several letters since,2Jump to section alluding to the same matter, all of which ought to have reached you before the date of your last letter. Your Obt. Servt.

A. LINCOLN---

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[1] ALS, owned by Richard Helms, Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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[2] Most, if not all, of these letters have recently been discovered. See Lincoln to Clayton, August 21 and September 12, 15, and 16, supra.

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