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 Donald McClennan1Jump to section

Donald McClennan Esq Executive Mansion
Dear Sir: March 20. 1861

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of Jan 31st and the accompanying shawles and blankets presented by you through the Hon John Satterlee.

Permit me to express my sincere gratitude for the kind feelings that prompted your present & my gratification at the forward state of California manufactures which those articles exhibit. Your obt Ser

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[1] Df, DLC-RTL. The draft is in John Hay's handwriting. Donald McClennan wrote, January 31, 1861, ``I desire to present . . . an union grey shawl, made of California wool and the first manufactured in this State, together with a pair of family blankets of our manufacture, at the Chrysopolis Mills, Mission Dolores San Francisco. . . . '' (DLC-RTL).

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