Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Charles P. Kirkland1Jump to section

Charles P. Kirkland, Esq Executive Mansion,
New-York. Washington, Dec. 7, 1862.

I have just received, and hastily read your published letter to the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis. Under the circumstances I may not be the most competent judge, but it appears to me to be a paper of great ability, and for the country's sake, more than my own, I thank you for it. Yours very truly A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, IHi. This letter is misdated December 7, 1863 in Tarbell (Appendix), p. 403, and in Nicolay and Hay, IX, 217. On December 5, 1862, Kirkland mailed the president a copy of his pamphlet A Letter to the Hon. Benjamin P. Curtis. . . . (New York, Latimer Brothers and Seymour, 1862) with a note expressing his hope that ``the President may find a moment's leisure, amid his pressing duties, to read Mr. K's paper . . . in answer to the pamphlet of Judge Curtis (late of the U.S. Sup. Ct) charging the President with `usurpation,' exercise of `arbitrary powers' in the proclamation of Sept. 22nd & Sept. 24th.'' (DLC-RTL). Judge Curtis' pamphlet Executive Power was published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1862.

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