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[1] Washington National Republican, September 29, and National Intelligencer, September 30, 1863. Celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of their organization
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 1953.
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"Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863]." In the digital collection Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/lincoln6. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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on September 29, the Sons of Temperance marched in a long parade to the White House, where a committee headed by R. G. Greene presented a lengthy address, a copy of which had been sent to Lincoln by Greene on September 26 (DLC-RTL).
[2] See Lincoln to Stanton, September 30, infra.
[3] John Hay's Diary records on September 29 a somewhat less politic view: ``Today came to the Executive Mansion an assembly of cold-water men & coldwater women to make a temperance speech at the Tycoon & receive a response. They field into the East Room looking blue & thin in the keen autumnal air. . . . Three blue-skinned damsels did Love, Purity, & Fidelity in Red, White & Blue gowns. A few invalid soldiers stumped along in the dismal procession. They made a long speech at the Tycoon in which they called Intemperance the cause of our defeats. He could not see it, as the rebels drink more & worse whisky than we do. . . .''