Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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Messrs. Geo. Bliss, & others. Springfield, Ills.
Man[a]gers &c. Aug. 22, 1860

Gentlemen---Yours of the 8th. inviting my attendance at your National Exhibition of Imported Blood, & American breeds of Horses, on the 4th. 5th. 6th. & 7th. days of September, at Springfield, Mass. was received in due course, and should have been answered sooner.

For reasons not necessary to be mentioned, I am constrained to decline the honor which you so kindly tender me. Your Obt. Servt.

A. LINCOLN