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 J. E. Tilton1Jump to section

To J. E. Tilton. Springfield, Ill.
Boston. June 11, 1860.

Dear Sir: I have received your note . . . and also the book. . . .

I have not yet had time to examine the book, but when I shall have done so, I probably shall present it it [sic] to the younger Lincoln, as you request. Yours truly A. LINCOLN.

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[1] Tracy, pp. 154-55. In the absence of Lincoln's original letter, only the incomplete text from Tracy is available. J. E. Tilton and Company were publishers at Boston, Massachusetts. Since their letter is not in the Lincoln Papers the book cannot be positively identified, but letters from Tilton (March 4 and March 23, 1864) offering complimentary copies of John T. Trowbridge's Cudjo's Cave warrants the assumption that it was one of the same author's popular stories for boys.

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