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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Page 38

Endorsement: Edward D. Baker to John M. Clayton1Jump to section

[March 20, 1849]

Private & confidential

I have heard the foregoing letter of Col. Baker read; and from a long personal & intimate acquaintance with him, if the plan he proposes is at all practicable, I think, he would be the very man to execute it. [Your Obt. Servt. A. LINCOLN2Jump to section]

Hon. J. M. Clayton.

Annotation

[1] AE, DLC-John M. Clayton Papers. Baker wrote from Louisville, Kentucky, on March 20, 1849, proposing that a reliable Whig should be sent to California to assist in organizing the territory and gaining its admission to the Union ``at once,'' as a Whig state. He set forth his own qualifications and expressed his willingness to go.

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[2] Close and signature have been cut off but copied below in pencil, presumably by the autograph collector.