Annotation
[1] LS, RyU. This letter is also in Hertz, II, 940, but without date. A footnote in the source states that the letter is in John Hay's handwriting, signed by Lincoln. Governor Gilmore wrote on August 4, 1863, ``I see from the public prints that you are intending to spend a few weeks among the Mountains of New Hampshire. May we not have the privilege of welcoming you to our state capital? . . . I have no desire to subject you to . . . speeches or parading you over our dusty streets in the broiling sun. But if you were to let me know . . . a day or two before your arrival that you would spend a night at least at my house, the people . . . would give you a spontaneous & informal ovation which would do your soul good. . . .'' (DLC-RTL).