To Caleb B. Smith1Jump to section
Springfield, [July 23], 1860.
My dear Sir: Yours of the 20th was duly received, and for which I sincerely thank you. From present appearances we might
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln4. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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succeed in the general result, without Indiana; but with it, failure is scarcely possible. Therefore put in your best efforts. I see by the despatches that Mr. Clay had a rousing meeting at Vincennes. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.
Annotation
[1] NH, VI, 47. The date of this letter in Nicolay and Hay's Complete Works (August 10, 1860) seems to be incorrect. Lincoln's reference to newspaper reports of Cassius Clay's speech at Vincennes would put the date more than two weeks earlier. Smith's letter of July 20 also reports on Clay's Indiana tour (DLC-RTL). Although Lincoln's manuscript letter has not been located, auction records of its sale (Parke-Bernet Sale 493, November 3, 1943) give the date of the letter as July 23, 1860.