Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 3 [Aug. 21, 1858-Mar. 4, 1860].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To D. J. Powers1Jump to section

D. J. Powers, Esq Springfield, Ills.
Dear Sir Aug. 18. 1859

Reaching home after an absence [of] nine days I find yours of the 12th. I had also received that of July 27; and, to be plain, I disliked to decline the honor you tendered me. Two difficulties were in the way---first, I could not well spare the time, from the courts; and secondly, I had no address of the sort prepared; and could scarcely spare the time to prepare one; and I was waiting, before answering you, to determine whether these difficulties could be surmounted. I will write you definitely on the 1st. day of September, if you can safely delay so long. Yours very truly

A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, CSmH. D. J. Powers, co-editor of the Wisconsin Farmer and North-western Cultivator and chairman of the executive committee for the Wisconsin Agricultural Fair had invited Lincoln to address the Agricultural Society at the Milwaukee fair on September 30.

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