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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To Hannibal Hamlin1Jump to section

(Private.)
Springfield, Illinois, December 8, 1860.

My dear Sir: Yours of the 4th was duly received. The inclosed to Governor Seward covers two notes to him, copies of which you find open for your inspection.2Jump to section Consult with Judge Trumbull; and if you and he see no reason to the contrary, deliver the letter to Governor Seward at once. If you see reason to the contrary, write me at once.

I have had an intimation that Governor Banks would yet accept a place in the cabinet. Please ascertain and write me how this is.

Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.

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[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

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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.