To George Bancroft1Jump to section
Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov 18, 1861.
My dear Sir: I esteem it a high honor to have received a note from Mr. Bancroft, inclosing the report of proceedings of a New
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press
- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 5 [Oct. 24, 1861-Dec. 12, 1862]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln5. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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York meeting, taking measures for the relief of Union people of North Carolina. I thank you, and all others participating, for this benevolent and patriotic movement.
The main thought in the closing paragraph of your letter is one which does not escape my attention, and with which I must deal in all due caution, and with the best judgment I can bring to it. Your obt. Servt. [A. LINCOLN.]
Hon. Geo. Bancroft.
Annotation
[1] Copy, DLC-RTL. The copy is in Nicolay's handwriting without signature. George Bancroft, historian and former minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), wrote Lincoln on November 15, 1861, enclosing a clipping from the New York Times, November 8, which gave an account of the meeting at Cooper Institute for the relief of loyal citizens of Hatteras, North Carolina, represented by Reverend T. W. Conway and Reverend Marble N. Taylor (see Lincoln to Cameron, October 25, supra). The closing paragraph of Bancroft's letter is as follows:
``Your administration has fallen upon times, which will be remembered as long as human events find a record. I sincerely wish to you the glory of perfect success. Civil war is the instrument of Divine Providence to root out social slavery; posterity will not be satisfied with the result, unless the consequences of the war shall effect an increase of free states. This is the universal expectation and hope of men of all parties.'' (DLC-RTL).