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 F. C. Herbruger1Jump to section

F. C. Herbruger, Secy &c Springfield, Ills.
Dear Sir April 7. 1860

Yours of March 14th. addressed to me at Chicago, and seeking to arrange with me to Lecture for the Harrison Literary Institute, has been received. I regret to say I can not make such arrangement. I am not a professional lecturer---have never got up but one lecture; and that, I think, rather a poor one. Besides, what time I can spare from my own business this season, I shall be compelled to give to politics. Respectfully Yours A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, ORB. Herbruger's letter is on the letterhead of the ``Hall of Harrison Literary Institute,'' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he signs himself as ``Secretary of Committee on Lectures'' (DLC-RTL). See also the almost identical letter to Carson, supra.

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