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 William H. Fry1Jump to section

Executive Mansion,
My Dear Sir Washington, July 19, 1862

A pressure of important business has prevented my earlier acknowledgement of the receipt of your favor of the 9th of this month.

You are in error if you suppose any important portion of my correspondence escapes my notice. Every thing requiring my action or attention is brought to my notice. No letter of yours, which has been received here, has been neglected or left unacknowledged.

Your Obt. Servt. A LINCOLN

W. H. Fry Esq

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[1] LS, CtY. The letter is in John Hay's handwriting, signed by Lincoln. Although Fry's letter of July 9 is not in the Lincoln Papers, there is a clipping from the New York Tribune, July 8, 1862, containing Fry's communication to Lincoln of July 4, 1862, proposing an ``Immediate Increase in Military and Naval Pensions.'' Fry was music editor of the Tribune and a composer and musician of note who dabbled considerably in politics.

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