Annotation
[1] NH, VI, 75-76. Hamlin's letter of December 4 concerns his going to Seward to learn his wishes about a cabinet post (DLC-RTL). Hamlin replied December 14 that he had consulted with Trumbull and then delivered the letters to
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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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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Page 148
Seward. He answered Lincoln's question regarding Nathaniel P. Banks by saying that Gideon Welles or John A. Andrew, governor-elect of Massachusetts, would be a better appointment: ``Mr. B. is a man of decided ability, but he is wonderfully cold and selfish. I do not hear him talked of by our N.E. friends.'' (DLC-RTL).
[2] Vide infra.