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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Page 49

To Mark W. Delahay1Jump to section

Hon: M. W. Delahay Springfield,
My dear Sir May 12. 1860

Yours informing me of your arrival in Chicago was duly received. Dubois, our A[uditor, goes] to Chicago to-day; and he will hand you $[? . The] remainder will come before you leave the s[tate.]2Jump to section

Look to Minnesota and Iowa rather, esp[ecially Iowa. Be] careful to give no offence, and keep cool under all circumstances Yours in haste A. LINCOLN

Annotation

[1]   ALS, RPB. The original is mutilated. Words restored in brackets follow Angle, p. 243.

[2]   See Lincoln to Delahay, March 16 and April 14, supra.

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