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Your kind letter of the 28th is duly received. I very well remember meeting you at Kalamazoo in 1856. I very well remember
the jovial elderly lady, and wife of an M. C. with whom we took tea, calling you ``Zach Chandler.''
Your kind invitation I suppose I must decline. It is the opinion of friends, backed by my own judgment, that I should not really, or apparently, be showing myself about the country.
Please accept my thanks for the kindness of your invitation. Yours very truly A. LINCOLN
[1] Copy, ISLA. Chandler wrote from Detroit, August 28, inviting Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln to be his guests on October 2, at the time of the Michigan State Fair (DLC-RTL).