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. Secretary of State Springfield, Ills.
Dear Sir. July 4. 1849

I understand the name of our excellent friend Hon. R.W. Thompson, of Indiana, is before you for some diplomatic appointment. It needs no one to tell you who he is, and I wish to say, as matter of substance, and not of form merely, that I sincerely desire he may be successful. Your Obt. Servt A. LINCOLN

P.S. This letter is unsolicited by Mr. Thompson, and wholly voluntary on my part A.L.

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